April 3rd, 2006
Gambia: newspaper offices sealed off by security force, staff arrested
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Will Atkinson
AllAfrica.com is reporting the offices of Gambia’s the Independent newspaper has been taken over by a security force. The staff has been placed under arrest.
No reason has been given for this arrest.
The Independent has been plagued with problems. In 2004, its printing press was subject of an arson attack. The case is still unsolved.
Gambia:
Links:
Wiki on Gambia
Committee to Protect Journalists’ press release
