Ebrima B. Manneh

Journalist Ebrima B. Manneh was arrested in July 2006 at the offices of the pro-government newspaper Daily Observer.He was detained by plainclothes police officers who are thought to have been from the National Intelligence Agency(NIA), who have subsequently denied any involvement in his arrest or continued incommunicado detention. Recentreports suggest that he is being held without charge at Fatoto Police Station in Eastern Gambia. Amnesty Internationalconsiders him to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.