Deyda Hydara
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Born | June 9, 1946 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award (2005)Hero of African Journalism Award (2010) |
Deyda Hydara (June 9, 1946 – December 16, 2004) was a co-founder and primary editor of
Journalism with The Point
On December 16, 1991, Hydara co-founded The Point along with Pap Saine and Babucarr Gaye; Saine and Hydara had been friends since childhood.[1] Gaye resigned four months later,[2] and Hydara and Saine ran the paper together for the next decade.[3]
Murder
Hydara was an advocate of
Deyda Hydara was survived by his wife and his five children.
In testimony of Lt Malick Jatta before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, TRRC, at a public hearing in Banjul on July 22, 2019 Jatta said that Hydara was shot on the orders of Jammeh.[9]
Investigation controversy and defamation trial
In November 2008, the
The Gambian government responded by arresting six journalists: Pap Saine, News Editor Ebrima Sawaneh, and reporters Sarata Jabbi-Dibba and Pa Modou Faal of The Point; and editor Sam Saar and reporters Emil Touray of Foroyaa. The six were charged with sedition and criminal defamation of the president.[14] Jabbi-Dibba (the only woman) was held in Mile 2 prison, while Saine, Sawaneh, Faal, Saar, and Touray were held in Old Jeshwang prison. On August 8, Jabbi-Dibba's seven-month-old baby was taken away.[13]
Numerous human rights NGOs protested the arrests and called the charges against the journalists to be dropped.
On August 7, 2009, the six were convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Mile 2 Prison, as well as a fine of 250,000
In June 2014, a decade after his assassination, the
See also
- List of unsolved murders
References
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- The Point. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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- ^ "12 years on: No justice for murdered Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara". Media Foundation for West Africa. December 16, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ "Ending Impunity: Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Suspects of Deyda Hydara's Murder". Media Foundation for West Africa. May 19, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ "PEN/Barbara Goldsmith". PEN American Center. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ "Saudi Writer, Gambian Journalist Win Freedom to Write Awards". International Freedom of Expression Exchange. April 6, 2005. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "Deyda Hydara, Chief Manneh get 'Hero of African Journalism Award'". Jollof News. October 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ^ publisher (July 24, 2019). "AFEX calls for prosecution of Ex-President". Realnews Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ^ "Deyda Hydara". International Press Institute. 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ Anger mounts after detention of journalists IOL
- ^ PEN American Center. 2009. Archived from the originalon February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ a b "Reporters Without Borders Posts Statement that Led to Two-Year Jail Terms for Six Journalists". Reporters Without Borders. August 19, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Attacks on the Press 2009: Gambia". Committee to Protect Journalists. February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "Gambia: Six Journalists Condemned to Two Years in Mile 2 Prison". Amnesty International. August 7, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- World Organization Against Torture. September 11, 2009. Archived from the originalon July 24, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "GMB 001 / 0609 / OBS 088.1 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention". International Federation for Human Rights. August 18, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- International PEN. August 10, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- PEN American Center. August 11, 2009. Archived from the originalon September 5, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- Front Line Defenders. June 18, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ Chris Tryhorn (August 7, 2009). "Six journalists jailed in Gambia". The Guardian. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "ECOWAS court rules Gambia failed to investigate journalist murder". Committee to Protect Journalists (June 10, 2014). Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Deyda Hydara Jr. and Others v. The Gambia". Open Society Foundations. June 9, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "ECOWAS court awards Hydara family US$50,000". The Point Newspaper (June 12, 2014). Retrieved February 12, 2015.