Support for six Gambian journalists is now more important than ever as they face two years in jail following their convictions for sedition.
The NUJ has been campaigning against this attack on press freedom alongside the International Federation of Journalists, the TUC and Amnesty International.
Branches, chapels and individual members are asked to contribute whatever they can to the legal defence fund set up by the union to support our colleagues in Gambia.
The journalists were first arrested in June after articles appeared criticising the country’s president Yahya Jammeh.
Posted by Rich Simcox
Tags: Gambia, National Union of Journalists, NUJ, protest, solidarity
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