Press statement: (Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. The Higher Regional Court of Celle, a northern […]
A new Magistrate has been assigned to take charge of the unauthorised publication case against Fatou Touray, CEO of Kerr Fatou media and Fatoumata Drammeh, widely known as Tima La Waato of Paradise Tv at the Brikama Magistrate’s Court in Brikama, West Coast Region. The two accused persons are charged with […]
The lawsuit filed by Lawyer Melville Robertson Roberts (Plaintiff) against Aisha Tamba (1st Respondent), a journalist working at The Standard Newspaper and The Standard Newspaper (2nd Respondent) came up on Monday before Justice Isatou Janneh of the High Court in Bundung. Journalist Aisha Tamba and The Standard Newspaper have been dragged to […]
Aisha Tamba, a reporter working with The Standard Newspaper has been dragged to court by Lawyer Melville Robertson Roberts for alleged ‘unlawful publication‘. LTN learned that the renowned lawyer Melville Robertson Roberts has filed a lawsuit against Aisha Tamba, 1st Respondent and The Standard Newspaper as 2nd Respondent. “The case is coming […]