Document #1216953

Amnesty International (Author)

Gambia: Free activist jailed for life over anti-government T-shirts

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/gambia-free-activist-jailed-life-over-anti-government-t-shirts-2012-07-23

ecoi.net description:
Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, the country's former Minister for Information and Communication, is serving a life sentence of hard labour for printing and distributing NGO T-Shirts calling for political change since January 2012
Country:
Gambia
Source:
Amnesty International (Author)
Published:
23 July 2012
Original link:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/gambia-free-activist-jailed-life-over-anti-government-t-shirts-2012-07-23
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Document ID:
1216953 (former ID 222441)

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