Chief Ebrima Manneh

Year: 2009

Nationality: Gambia

Killed by: Government Officials,Military Officials

Location:

Press organization: Daily Observer

What's Chief Ebrima Manneh's story?

On July 7, 2006, two plainclothes officers of the National Intelligence Agency arrested “Chief” Ebrima Manneh at the office of his newspaper, the pro-government Daily Observer, according to Ousman Darboe, Manneh’s colleague who observed the arrest and wrote about it for CPJ. The reason for Manneh’s arrest was unclear, although some colleagues believe it was linked to his attempt to republish a BBC article critical of then-President Yahya Jammeh.

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