It was on a hot Thursday (6 August 2009) afternoon that Pap Saine, Sam Sarr, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba, Bai Emil Touray, Pa Modou Faal and Ebrima Sawaneh were convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. It was a big blow to the media fraternity. Never in the history of Gambia journalism had so many journalists been sent to jail at the same time. As journalists, we took the tragedy in our stride as an occupational hazard. Because it was such a harrowing experience, we termed that fateful day as...
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