Media & Journalism
Ebrima Manneh
Journalist and symbol of press freedom
Born 1978Ebrima Manneh, widely known as Chief, was a reporter with the Daily Observer. Security agents arrested him at the newspaper in July 2006, after which his case became a focus of international press freedom advocacy. His disappearance and reported death in detention exposed the dangers faced by Gambian journalists.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Worked as a Daily Observer reporter.
02His arrest in July 2006 prompted sustained international advocacy.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Committee to Protect Journalists profile
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