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Momodou
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Is it a crime to put on or sell a T-Shirt with the following slogan ‘#GambiaHasDecided’?
Foroyaa Editorial: January 3, 2017
QUESTION OF THE DAY
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/13653
Is it a crime to put on or sell a T-Shirt with the following slogan ‘#GambiaHasDecided’?
No one in his right mind would accuse anybody of committing a crime for wearing a T-Shirt with such a slogan. The slogan could mean anything to anybody. It could also be a means of earning ones daily survival.
The use of slogans is a manifestation of freedom of expression. ‘Gambia Has Decided’ does not carry any derogatory or inflammatory connotation. Hence, anybody arrested for wearing or selling such a T-Shirt should be released for the sake of sanity and justice.
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Momodou
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Posted - 04 Jan 2017 : 11:22:58
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"The following where arrested Alpha Sey - Sheriff Sambou - Muhammed Kuyateh - Alhagie Kanyi but thank God they have all being released."
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Sister Omega
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Momodou
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What is the status of the “#GambiaHasDecided” T-Shirts?
Foroyaa Editorial: January 4, 2017
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/13671
Confusing information has reached Foroyaa regarding the staus of the “#GambiaHasDecided” T-shirts. A number of people were arrested in connection with the T-shirts but are now released. The instructions given to them regarding the T-shirts is still unclear.
What is wrong with the T-shirt? What is wrong with slogan? Which authority feels threatened by the slogan? Foroyaa will contact the PRO of the police and the NIA to find out why people have been arrested and released for wearing and selling T-shirts with the slogan “#GambiaHasDecided”.
Any Gambian has freedom to wear a T-shirt with a slogan of one’s choice as long as the slogan is not calling for anything illegal. To arrest people for something that is not illegal is impunity of the highest type.
Foroyaa will therefore monitor the developments regarding the T-shirts and update concerned persons on the developments.
NIA Releases Alpha Sey, Wandifa Kanyi on Bail
By Mustapha Jallow & Aja Musu Bah Daffeh
Foroyaa: January 4, 2017
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/13664
  Foroyaa has received information from close sources that Alpha Sey and Wandifa Kanyi were released on bail around 5pm on 3 January, 2017 by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
The three were arrested by operatives of the NIA for wearing and selling t-shirts with the slogan “#GambiaHasDecided”.
Mr. Sey, who was wearing a T-shirt with the “#Gambia has decided”, was forced into a pickup vehicle around 11 pm near the traffic lights at Kairaba Avenue on Saturday, 31 December 2016 and taken to the NIA headquarters in Banjul where he was held for more than 72 hours before he was released on bail and asked to report on Thursday, 5 January 2017.
Mr. Kanyi, who sells at the H.S Kanyi spare parts shop along the Kombo Sillah Drive on Churchill Town, was picked up and taken in a vehicle with the registration number BJL 7173 J around 3pm on Monday, 2 January, for selling the “#GambiaHasDecided” t-shirts. He was held for more than 24 hours at the NIA in Banjul before being released and asked to report on bail on Thursday, 5 January.
According to Ebrima Darboe, they asked Musa Touray to go and bail Kanyi who was asked to be reporting on bail until they are done with him. “Kanyi has finally reunited with his family at home,” he added.
It was also reported that two others namely Sheriff Sambou and Muhammed Kuyateh who were said to be arrested and held in connection with the “#GambiaHasDecided” t-shirts have also been released on bail.
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