02/08/2019
Blog: Deyda Hydara?s daughter: ?I am still crying? for murdered Gambian journalist
At Gambia?s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on July 22, army officer Lieutenant Malick Jatta named former President Yahya Jammeh as the mastermind behind the murder of prominent editor Deyda Hydara on December 16 , 2004. He said Jammeh had given the direct order to assassinate Hydara, an outspoken critic who was the managing editor and co-owner of independent newspaper The Point. The operation by Jammeh?s infamous hit squad, known as the Junglers, was dubbed ?Magic Pen,? Jatta told the commission. ......
