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Posted - 19 May 2017 : 14:02:03
Arrest warrant for alleged killers of Deyda Hydara
The Point: Friday, May 19, 2017
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/arrest-warrant-for-alleged-killers-of-deyda-hydara
 Banjul Magistrates’ Court has issued an arrest warrant for the former army commander Kawsu Camara, alias Bombardier, and the infamous Sanna Manjang, who is said to be a member of the Jungulars, the assassin team of former president Yahya Jammeh.
The two are wanted, for they allegedly conspired to kill Deyda Hydara, the late co-founder of The Point newspaper, who was shot death on 16 December 2004.
The principal magistrate of Banjul Magistrates’ Court, Isatou Janneh-Njie, issued the warrant after police in Banjul applied for the apprehension of the suspects.
However, the two men are said to be out of The Gambia but the court ordered that they should be arrested and extradited to face justice in The Gambia.
The case has been transferred to the High Court, which has the jurisdiction to try the matter.
Deyda Hydara, ex-managing editor and co-publisher of The Point, was murdered on 16 December 2004, when driving home after having celebrated 13 years of The Point newspaper.
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Posted - 20 May 2017 : 12:59:30
May 19, 2017
Arrest warrants issued in Deyda Hydara's 2004 murder
https://rsf.org/en/news/arrest-warrants-issued-deyda-hydaras-2004-murder
Reporters Without Borders welcomes the arrest warrants that were issued in Banjul yesterday for two suspects in leading Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara’s murder in 2004. The warrants represent the first step in ending the impunity that marked former President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year bloody dictatorship.
On evidence submitted by the police, Judge Isatou Janneh yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of Sanna Manjang and Kawsu Camara, two former members of the armed forces who were also members of the “Green Boys,” a militia that carried out dirty jobs for the dictator.
The journalist’s family had long suspected that they were his murderers but this is the first time they have been formally named as suspects. Both Manjang and Camara are currently out of the country.
Hydara was shot dead in his car in Banjul on the night of 16 December 2004. The managing editor of The Point newspaper and Banjul correspondent of Agence France-Presse and RSF, he was well-known for a column headlined “Good morning Mr. President” in which he commented on politics and governance in Gambia.
Democracy and media freedom seem to be returning to Gambia following the end of Jammeh’s long reign as dictator and press freedom predator in January. Gambia has risen two places in RSF’s 2017 World Press Freedom Index and is now ranked 143rd out of 180 countries. |
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