http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1847 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR49/003/2008/en Gambian journalist Yahya Danfa has been granted asylum in Sweden. He had been in hiding in Senegal with his family, but had been threatened there by Gambian security agents. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR49/002/2008/en Yahya Danfa, a Gambian journalist living in Senegal, is at risk of enforced disappearance at the hands of Gambian security agents who are among a delegation attending an international meeting in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. He has been threatened and intimidated since leaving The Gambia Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR27/001/2008/en Former National Intelligence Agency officer Yahya Bajinka has been detained in secret since the 15 April 2007. He is now known to have been tortured, and is being denied medical attention in an attempt to keep his detention secret. His health has deteriorated so badly that without treatment he is likely to d Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/001/2008/en 1) Cambodia burns the homes of its poor 2) Palestinian children still wait for their parents' release 3) A bleak year for journalists and freedom of speech: Sri Lanka; Somalia 4) Peace community plans to go home 5) Update: Algeria 6) Worldwide appeals: Iran: Jailed for promoting democracy; Gambia: Journalist Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT60/002/2008/en On 31 January 2008, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States is due to decide whether or not the Gambian authorities have a case to answer over the arrest of Chief Ebrima B. Manneh, a journalist who was detained nearly two years ago. Amnesty International considers him Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR27/004/2007/en Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR27/003/2007/en Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/africa/west-africa/gambia Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/guantanamo-freedom-for-uk-resident-bisher-al-rawi-20070304 Amnesty International welcomes the release from Guantánamo of Bisher al-Rawi. The UK resident was reunited with his family in the UK on 1 April after more than four years in military custody at the Guantánamo detention camp. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR27/001/2007/en It is now a year since the closure of The Independent and arbitrary arrest and illegal detention of three members of its staff. Amnesty International calls for the immediate reopening of The Independent, and the immediate unconditional release of Chief Manneh, a reporter of the Daily Observer, whom Amnesty I Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International