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Newsletter n°19

01.07.2009

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Alerts from the Continent

In Gambia, six journalists accused of “seditious publication” were released on bail from Mile Two jail in Banjul 23 June. The journalists had been in jail for four days and were released for a bail of 200,000 dalsis (5,400 euros). All the journalists are due to appear in court again on 7 July for publishing a statement calling on President Yahya Jammeh to acknowledge his government’s responsibility in the 2004 murder of Deyda Hydara, the editor and co-founder of The Point, a privately owned daily newspaper. Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

In Kenya, current and former staff of the Kenya Times have demanded that their employer pay them debts of nearly 83 million shillings [about $1 million], or risk being forced to shut down, reported the privately owned Kenyan paper Nairobi Star on 20 June. Their lawyers say that the debt includes salary claims and terminal benefits of 493 current and former employees of the paper. Kenya Times used to be the mouthpiece of the former ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) party. Source: BBC Monitoring International Press Selection

In Zambia, the innovative online news site www.zambianwatchdog.com was attacked and the database deleted on 19 June, according to editor Lloyd Himaambo. The website, launched by Himaambo in September 2008, is the country’s first breaking news website. Staffed by three journalists, the site covers news on a 24-hour basis and prides itself on in-depth analysis. Source: The Watchdog Newspaper

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