The journalists were earlier granted bail by a lower court in ‘Kanifing Municipality’ but that decision was set aside by the judge.
Justice Wowo revoked the bail, saying the journalists should not have been released without a written bail application made to the court.
He then ordered that the seven journalists to be be remanded at Gambia’s ‘Mile Two Central Prisons’ until 8 July when the case is expected to continue.
The journalists, together with Editor Sam Sarr of ‘Foroyaa’ newspaper and Pap Saine of the ‘Point’, are now facing new charges relating to ‘defamation’.
They were previously on three-count charges of ‘sedition’.
Dakar - 03/07/2009
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