Gambia declares criminal defamation unconstitutional, keeps some laws on sedition, false news

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Gambian Supreme Court’s decision yesterday todeclare criminal defamation unconstitutional, but is dismayed that segments of the country’s criminal code on sedition and false news were upheld. According to the news website Front Page International and the secretary general of the Gambia Press Union, Saikou Jammeh, the court upheld […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Gambian Supreme Court’s decision yeste...

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