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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 03 Oct 2007 : 21:38:38
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Foroyaa Editorial
Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
Fatou Jaw Manneh Still Waiting
The forthright woman who spoke her mind and had to face criminal charges for it is still waiting for her case to proceed.
She was arrested on 28 March 2007 and after juggling from one court to another, the Banjul Magistrates Court ruled that the case should be filed at Brikama Magistrates Court. This was on 6 August 2007 two months ago. Since then she has not been summoned to appear before any court to face criminal charges.
Any delay in proceedings simply hampers the work she has been engaged in. She has been waiting for over six months. Does she have to wait for another six months before commencement of proceedings and may be yet another six months before delivery of verdict? Prosecutors take note: Justice delayed is justice denied
The merit of the case aside, the government has to seriously consider what it hopes to gain by keeping her here for at least another six months before the case is concluded. It has to consider whether the words she wrote, for which she is charged, pose any threat to security of the state. What harm is there in dropping the case and letting her be? Let’s hope that this will serve as food for thought.
Needless to say, journalists are not enemies of the government. They simply constitute the watchdog of society who would scrutinise what goes on, particularly in the public domain, and inform the public accordingly.
This is why the constitution gives the media the task to uphold “the responsibility and accountability of the Government to the people of The Gambia.”
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 116/2007, 3 - 4 October, 2007
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jambo
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Posted - 04 Oct 2007 : 10:22:07
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| they have sentenced someone to death in this time, what a perform, gambian justice is a mess. |
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