Africa
Gambia: Murder of journalist Deyda Hydara, JED demands legal action against ex. President Yahya Jammeh
[RELEASE] Murder of Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara. The organizations defending the freedom of the press demand legal proceedings against the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh.
Journalist in Danger (JED) joins her voice in the Regional Network of Organizations for the Defense of Freedom of Expression (AFEX), calling on African and world leaders to take immediate steps to bring to justice former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh for the 2004 murder of Deyda Hydara, former president of the Gambia Press Union (GPU) and publisher of The Point, an independent Gambian newspaper.
Lieutenant Malick Jatta told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation (CRRT) Commission, during a public hearing held in Banjul on July 22, 2019, that the journalist was assassinated by direct order of President Jammeh as part of the « Magic Pen » operation. He said that Captain Tumbul Tamba, who commanded the strike team, was in telephone communication with Jammeh’s president.
Lieutenant Malick Jatta and two other army officers, Alieu Jeng and Sana Manjang, were part of the commando that shot down Hydara on December 16, 2004 on the orders of President Jammeh.
Given the urgency and seriousness of these revelations, AFEX calls on regional and international bodies, in particular ECOWAS and the AU, to pressure the government of Equatorial Guinea to extradite former President Jammeh immediately. to Gambia, which would be a first step towards bringing him to justice. The extradition of the former Gambian President will be a strong signal to put an end to the impunity of crimes against journalists.
AFEX urges regional leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) to work with relevant United Nations bodies and mechanisms to launch an international survey on the assassination of Mr. Hydara to identify everyone involved. in this heinous crime and the roles that each of them has played and ensure that they are brought to justice.
Finally, AFEX urges the Gambian government to refrain from granting any amnesty or immunity to any of those involved in the killing of Mr. Hydara, including former President Jammeh.
Journalist in Danger
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Prime Minister Ilunkamba has just authorized, on Monday, October 14, 2019, the Minister of Urban Planning and Housing Then Mwabilu and the Minister of State for International Cooperation Guillaume Manjolo to sign two orders.
This, after his visit to the site where the great Cultural and Artistic Centre of Central Africa will be built as well as the INA Buildings, the National Institute of Arts, where he ordered the resumption of work.
The first decree concerns the postponement of the decree of 14 October 2016 and the second concerns the decommissioning of a portion of land in favour of Sino-Congolese cooperation.
The Chinese company BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP is in charge of building this large Centre for 30 months. The cost of the work is estimated at US$100 million.
After this visit to the field, the head of the Ilunga Ilunkamba Government himself presided over the signing ceremony of these two ministerial decrees for the implementation of the Chinese government’s donation to the DRC.
There was talk of ending the superposition of orders first by repealing the one that granted the same concession to Richesse Taylor.
It should be noted that the cultural and artistic centre, one of the largest in Central Africa, will constitute, according to the Minister of State for Cooperation Guillaume Mandjolo, an innovative source for the public treasury and restore the DRC’s position as a leader in the world of African culture.
This large Centre will be located between the triumphal boulevard and Assossa avenues, a few metres from the People’s Palace.
The construction of this important cultural building includes the large 2,000-seat theatre, the small 800-seat theatre, meeting rooms, the gymnasium and a car park.
Nadine FULA
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