Fatou Jaw Manneh

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Fatou Jaw Manneh (often also Jaw-Manneh , born in 1967 or 1968 in Sukuta / Foni Bullock) is a Gambian journalist.

Life

family

Jaw Manneh's father (died 2007) belonged to the Mandinka ethnic group , her mother is Fulbe . One of her brothers works as a teacher. General Ansumana Manneh was her paternal cousin. Jaw Manneh was married and has two sons.

After high school, Jaw Manneh worked as a receptionist at the Kombo Beach Hotel. After writing a variety of letters to the Daily Observer , she met editor Kenneth Best , who hired her as the newspaper's first female reporter.

After the coup by Yahya Jammeh in 1994, she applied for political asylum in the United States . Around 2004 she was studying for a master's degree at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, where she lived for several years. She also worked in a bank and wrote for the AllGambian.net website.

2007 arrest and trial

On March 28, 2007, she was arrested at Banjul International Airport after entering Gambia on the occasion of her father's death. The occasion was an article critical of the government that was published in The Independent in 2004. The arrest was carried out by the National Intelligence Agency , which reported directly to the President.

During the trial, Jaw Manneh received support from international organizations such as the writers 'association PEN.After one and a half years of trial, she was sentenced in August 2008 to four years' imprisonment or a fine of 250,000 dalasi (equivalent to around 12,000 US dollars), which she paid within a few hours had to. With the help of her family, friends and the Gambia Press Union , she was able to pay the fine and returned to the USA.

Jaw Manneh sued the Community Court of Justice of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS) against the judgment and was awarded reparation for one million Dalasi in February 2018. At the end of May 2019, the Gambian government paid them $ 25,000.

After 2008

Jaw Manneh returned to the USA, where she lived in Minneapolis , Minnesota and from August 2009 until at least 2016 ran the Gambian news site maafanta.com and campaigned against Jammeh.

After the presidential elections in Gambia in 2016 , in which Jammeh was replaced by Adama Barrow , she returned to Gambia and started working for the TV channel QTV, operated by Gambian entrepreneur Muhammed Jah . She left the station in April or May 2018.

Awards

In 2007 she received the Oxfam Novib / PEN Award for Freedom of Expression for her work .

In 2009 she received the Hellman / Hammett Award from Human Rights Watch in recognition of her commitment to press freedom .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fatou Jaw-Manneh Dame of the "Flaming Pen" on gainako.com, September 3, 2014, based on an article in The Independent on June 25, 2004.
  2. ↑ a b c d e A day with Fatou Jaw Manneh, Gambia's Iron Lady on africanoutlookonline.com, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c Gambia: Fatou Jaw-Manneh Lady of the "Flaming Pen". Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Webmaster Admin: Happy 75th birthday Mr. Kenneth Y. Best. And Thank You! In: Liberian Observer. November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2019 (American English).
  5. ↑ a b Journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh Gets D250,000 Fine. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Staff Reporter: Gambia arrests US-based journalist. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b The Gambia: Journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh on Trial for Sedition. June 18, 2014, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ PEN Appeal: Fatou Jaw Manneh. In: PEN America. September 17, 2008, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700: Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed. October 11, 2009, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Maafanta.com - FatouJMRaleighpaperJournalis. June 18, 2014, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b SUIT NO: ECW / CCJ / APP / 36/15. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
  12. ^ Editor: Ecowas Court Awards Six Million Dalasis Against The Gambia. February 20, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2019 (American English).
  13. ^ Editor: Government Compensates Four Gambian Journalists. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019 (American English).
  14. ↑ Gainako News. January 18, 2010, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ The AfricaPaper: Gambians Demonstrate as Jammeh Plans to Execute More Prisoners | The Africa Paper. Retrieved March 12, 2019 (American English).
  16. ^ A Plea To The Gambian Intellectual. June 18, 2014, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Gambia: Has Fatou Jaw Manneh Been Fired From QTV? In: Freedom Newspaper. May 8, 2018, Retrieved March 11, 2019 (American English).
  18. ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Gambia: Was Fatou Jaw Manneh Fired For Not Been Able To Get Along With Her Staff At QTV? In: Freedom Newspaper. May 9, 2018, Retrieved March 11, 2019 (American English).
  19. ^ PEN International - Oxfam Novib / PEN Award for Freedom of Expression. April 25, 2013, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700: Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed. October 11, 2009, accessed March 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Jaw Manneh, Fatou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaw-Manneh, Fatou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1967 or 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Sukuta / Foni Bulock