Media Defence Logo

CLOSE

The murdered editor

The murdered editor

In 2004 the former editor of the newspaper Point, Deyda Hydara, was murdered. Five years later, in June 2009, the Gambia Press Union issued a statement complaining of the lack of any serious investigation, and criticised the dismissive manner in which the country’s president had spoken about Mr Hydara. The six members of the union’s committee were prosecuted for sedition for their comments about the incompetence of the authorities, and after a brief trial were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Following a vigorous campaign by various national and international human rights organisations they were released.

MLDI funded the defence of the ‘GPU 6’

Recent News

We’re hiring: Finance and Operations Director

We are recruiting a Finance and Operations Director to lead on finance, human resources, IT and operations within our international NGO. About Media Defence Media Defence is a charity that helps media to defend their rights. We support independent media, journalists and citizen journalists who are under legal threat by making sure that lawyers are […]

Read

Lawyer Impact Survey 2022

About the survey Read our Lawyer Impact Survey 2022 In 2022, we carried out our third Lawyer Impact Survey to assess the impact of our support to lawyers. We support lawyers with both our emergency defence and our strategic litigation programmes. Through these programmes, we offer pro bono legal support, as well as financial support […]

Read

Join the team! We are hiring for a Communications Coordinator

We are hiring for a Communications Coordinator (permanent, full-time) to join the Development Team. Read the full job description here. About Media Defence Media Defence is a charity that helps media to defend their rights. We support independent media, journalists and citizen journalists who are under legal threat by making sure that lawyers are available […]

Read