Deyda Hydara

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Deyda Hydara (born June 9, 1946 in Barra , † December 16, 2004 in Kanifing ) was a Gambian journalist, co-founder and editor of the Gambian daily newspaper The Point .

Life

On the evening of December 16, 2004, the anti -government journalist, AFP and RoG correspondent Deyda Hydara was murdered with three headshots. Hydara had previously attended a celebration for The Point's 13th anniversary with two of his employees .

Days before, he had denounced the new media law, according to which journalists can be sentenced to at least six months in prison for writing a "defamatory article" (for example: defamation, publishing inflammatory articles). He then received death threats.

Four days after Deyda Hydara's murder, hundreds of journalists protested in the Gambia and other West African countries against the murder and the restrictions on the freedom of the press .

In July 2019, Lt. Malick Jatta, member of the Gambia Armed Forces , told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that he shot the journalist together with Sana Manjang, Alieu Jeng and Tumbul Tamba. This was done on the instructions of President Yahya Jammeh . This statement confirmed earlier assumptions.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AFP and Reporters Without Borders correspondent gunned down in Banjul ( Memento from January 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Gambia December 17, 2004, article with a portrait in "Reporters Without Borders"
  2. ↑ Who killed Deyda Hydara? ( Memento of January 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Detailed report in "Reporters Without Borders"
  3. ↑ Who Killed Gambian Editor Deyda Hydara?
  4. ↑ 15 years on: Lt. Malick Jatta admits killing Deyda. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Late Tumbul Tamba Masterminded The Setting Up Of The Jungulers - Malick Jatta Tells TRRC. In: Mamos TV. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ Pa Nderry M'Bai: The Gambia: The Untold Dictator Yahya Jammeh's Story . iUniverse, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4759-6155-3 ( google.de [accessed July 24, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Hydara, Deyda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Barra (Gambia)
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 2004
Place of death Kanifing