PANA: The global press freedom body, International Federation of Journalist (IFJ), Friday called for the enforcement of sub-regional body ECOWAS court's ruling on disappeared Gambian journalist, Chief Ebrima Manneh, an IFJ statement received here by PANA said.
The IFJ statement came in the wake of Gambian Justice Minister's declaration that “Chief Ebrima Manneh is not in state custody”.
“The Gambian authorities have the obligation to produce the missing journalist or to investigate and find out his whereabouts; in other words they are bound to enforce the decision of the ECOWAS Court,” said Gabriel Baglo, IFJ Director for A f rica Office.
“We are calling on ECOWAS and the Gambia to enforce the ruling of the court, otherwise, this would just prove the disrespect of Gambian government to the regional institution and its regulations and the level of impunity that reigns in the Gambia," Baglo noted.
The ECOWAS court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, last June ordered the Gambian government to release the journalist and compensate him after delivering a verdict against the government.
The Accra-based sub-regional press freedom body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), had filed the suit against the Gambian government on behalf of the disappeared journalist.
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