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The Gambia NEWSFLASH: Court orders The Gambia to immediately release journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh

June 6, 2008

In a landmark decision delivered on June 5, 2008, The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria declared the arrest and detention of Chief Ebrima Manneh illegal and ordered the Gambian authorities to immediately release him.

The court also awarded damages in the sum of US$ 100,000 in favour of Manneh against the Gambian Government.

The regime of President Yahya Jammeh has consistently denied any knowledge of the whereabouts of the journalist, and has demonstrated gross disrespect for the ECOWAS court by refusing to cooperate throughout the proceedings.

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes this decision by the ECOWAS court. We therefore call on The Gambia to respect and enforce the judgment in accordance with laid down procedures.

The suit was filed before the regional court on behalf of Chief Manneh by MFWA.

Prof. Kwame Karikari
Executive Director
MFWA
Accra
Tel: 233 21 24 24 70
Fax : 233 21 221084
Website : www.mediafound.org

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December 2, 2009

OPINION No. 14/2009 (REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA)

Communication addressed to the Government on 28 May 2009.

Concerning: Chief Ebrima Manneh.

The State is a Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

1. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution 1991/42 of the former Commission on Human Rights. Its mandate was clarified and extended by Commission’s resolution 1997/50. The Human Rights Council assumed the Working Group’s mandate by its decision 2006/102 and extended it for a further three-year period by resolution 6/4 of 28 September 2007. Acting in accordance with its methods of work, the Working Group forwarded the above-mentioned communication to the Government.