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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Every May 3, journalists in The Gambia join their colleagues and the rest of the globe to mark World Press Freedom Day, WPFD. This has been the norm since the adoption of the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles coined by newspaper journalists of Africa at a seminar in Namibia in 1991.<\/p>\n

May 3rd was purposely initiated to act as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to the freedom of the press. It is a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics, and a day of support for media which are targets for the restraint, or abolition, of press freedom, according to Unesco.<\/p>\n

In The Gambia, journalists marked this year\u2019s event amid a cloud of distress and uncertainty following a slew of torrid remarks by President Barrow accusing the Gambian press of \u2018formenting discord and instability\u2019 by giving a platform to activist Madi Jobarteh who is one of his government\u2019s foremost critics and social commentator.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe claims he is from the civil society, but he is a civil society [member] whose only intention is to set the country on fire and all the journalists are giving him a platform,\u201d President Barrow said. \u201cBut they should know that whoever is aiding Madi Jobarteh, you are not helping The Gambia.\u201d The Eid remarks intimidated many journalists, and painted a partial Gambian media.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s foremost investigative journalist and Malagen editor, Mustapha K Darboe said the accusations are dangerous and likely to affect people\u2019s perception of Gambian journalists. \u201cAs a head of state, if you are telling people this is how journalists are, eventually, they will hear it, and they will believe it. Because when a president speaks, it is a policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many journalists thought this year\u2019s WPFD commemoration, as it came on the hills of the Barrow attack, would take the form of a march past denouncing not only the president, but all forms of attack on the Gambian media.<\/p>\n

When CSOs joined the journalists last Saturday to belatedly mark the day at the University of The Gambia\u2019s auditorium, the issue of the president\u2019s attack was not in the itinerary. But in his lengthy address, the president of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), Muhammed S Bah, noted: \u201cWe wish to remind the government that it is the responsibility of the state to guarantee journalists\u2019 safety and combat impunity and enable the media to carry out its work independently and without interference. This is in light of recent comments and actions by both public figures and private citizens (online and offline) targeting members of the media.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an earlier statement, the GPU said the president\u2019s remark accusing Gambian journalists of fomenting discord to \u201cburn The Gambia\u201d by giving a platform to Mr Jobarteh is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving voices to those who hold the government to account is fundamental to the media\u2019s watchdog role which is guaranteed by the Gambian constitution,\u201d the union asserted. Journalist Banna Sabally said she felt intimidated after listening to the president\u2019s statements, and spoke of the \u201cdanger\u201d in the statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a head of state, he has a lot of supporters. What would happen if those people start spreading the same message President Barrow is spreading? It could have a terrifying impact,\u201d the radio journalist admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like a threat,\u201d said the president of Young Journalists\u2019 Association of The Gambia (YJAG), Yankuba Jallow, reacting to the president\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

The Foroyaa newspaper journalist said they were \u201cunfortunate and miscalculated comments\u201d. Modou S Joof, the secretary general of GPU, said such statements could serve as a way of curtailing press freedom and freedom of expression in The Gambia.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that political figures in the opposition including government ministers are equally culpable to that effect. But Mr Joof said that no journalist should pander to such statements. \u201cI think journalists should not be cowered by statements from the politicians including the president to not do their job.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said a section of the Gambian press maybe bias, which will undermine the crusade for a free press and safety of journalists. \u201cWe have to be honest that some of our journalists are partisan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Attacks under Barrow While the condemnation and bashing against the president\u2019s remarks were swift, it did not surprise most journalists. Attacks on the media under the Barrow administration have been well documented.<\/p>\n

In March 2017, ex-Forayaa newspaper journalist Kebba Jeffang, was assaulted by supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) and the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) for asking a legitimate question regarding the inter-party committee (IPC) unity at a press briefing organised by the parties. Then Interior minister Mai Ahmad Fatty issued an apology letter to Mr Jeffang, but no one has been held responsible.<\/p>\n

In November 2019, three journalists, Landing Ceesay of Paradise FM, Sally Jobe of Kerr Fatou and Gambia Talents Promotion\u2019s Ebrihima Jambang were assaulted by a member of the Barrow Youth for National Development. Later, the government released a statement condemning the act, which happened during the president\u2019s Meet the People\u2019s Tour, yet nothing came out of it.<\/p>\n

In January 2020, two private radio stations King FM and Home Digital FM, were taken off air purportedly on the orders of the police. The order came after the police raided their studios and arrested four journalists in the lead up to the presidential elections.<\/p>\n

The two FM stations were accused of spreading \u201cincendiary messages\u201d and \u201cinciting violence\u201d. Sankulleh Janko, a reporter for the Dakar-based West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR), was assaulted in 2020 by a group of protesters who confiscated his gadgets. Like the other cases, nothing came out of it.<\/p>\n

Prince Bubacarr Sankanu, a principal information officer for the Gambia government, insists that freedom of speech and of the press has long been guaranteed in The Gambia, citing a recent legislation on Access to Information. \u201cThat illustrates how far the government is willing to go,\u201d Mr Sankanu said on the sidelines of the WPFD commemoration.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the \u201cpolitical will\u201d is there to advance issues surrounding freedom of the press and of speech, but cautioned that: \u201cMany people think freedom of expression is just taking the mic and saying what they like. No. Freedom of speech without rules or limits will lead to anarchy.<\/p>\n

Respected Gambian political science professor Abdoulaye Saine, in a letter, said President Barrow\u2019s diatribe against media platforms, human rights advocates, and community activists, was both \u201cshocking, and frightening\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWagging his finger as he threatened all who dared to express a different or dissenting view, President Barrow reminded me of Gambia\u2019s dark, and dictatorial past under Jammeh. Never Again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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