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Journalist barred from covering case in Gambian court

State security agents barred a journalist from covering an October 15, 2012, hearing of a Supreme Court case of seven prisoners on death row, according to local journalists and news reports.

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President Yahya Jammeh has ordered two newspapers to cease publishing. (AFP/Simon Maina)

Amid execution debate, the Gambia censors newspapers

Lagos, Nigeria, September 17, 2012–State security agents in the Gambia on Friday ordered two independent newspapers to cease publication immediately but provided no explanation, according to local journalists and news reports.Agents from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in the capital, Banjul, visited the offices of the daily The Standard and the paper Daily News, which publishes three times…

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