Gambian police arrest lecturer over newspaper interview

Gambian Police have arrested a University lecturer and kept him in overnight detention for questioning the President’s ability to maintain national security in a newspaper interview. 

Campaigners said the arrest was a worrying echo of restrictions on freedom of speech under the former regime of Yahya Jammeh, who was forced to leave the country for exile in Equitorial Guinea a year ago.

The new government has repeatedly promised to protect human rights, including freedom of expression and press freedom, which were tightly controlled under Jammeh.

SOURCE: NEWS24
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