Another Assault on Press Freedom in The Gambia As The Mirror Newspaper Ransacked

Journalist Seedy Bojang is the Publisher and Editor Mirrow Newspaper

Barely Less than two weeks after The Standard Newspaper Editor (assistant), Saikou Jammeh was subjected to unnecessary screening and questioning in the hands of the Gambia’s most feared National Intelligence Agency agents at a state a statesponsored event, news report from Gambia indicate that the offices of the The Mirror Newspaper was ransacked by unidentified men.
It seems the assault on press in The Gambia is showing no sign of abating either by state or non-state actors.

Photo Credit: Gambia Affair. Front View of the Mirror Newspaper

The Gambia News website, Gambia affairs reported and quote the Publisher and Editor of weekly news bulletins, The Mirror as saying that the unidentified persons used heavy metal to break the office door.
 “They’ve left the office after several unsuccessful attempts to unlock computers in the newsroom. No equipment was stolen by the attackers.” Gambia Affairs further quoted Mr. Bojang as saying.
The reasons for ransacking The Mirror newspaper is still unknown at the time penning this story but sources enunciated that Editor Bojang has already report the matter to Brusubi Police station few meters away from where The Mirror is situated for investigations.
Gambia Affairs reported that the paper was registered with the Attorney General Chambers in May 2012 and started operations in May 2013. It is the first and only bilingual paper with French and Spanish.
Editor’s Note
We at Justice Blog condemn the ransacking of the offices of The Mirror Newspaper in our strongest term, and therefore call on the police to bring the culprits to book. We renew our call more democratic space to accommodate freedom of the media and freedom of speech.