Bai Emil Touray
HRD, President
Gambia Press Union
Bai Emil Touray Testimony
Even though the European Union and the State Department urged the authorities in Banjul to drop the charges against us, they were reluctant to do so.
There cannot be media freedom when freedom of expression is at low ebb.
Bai Emil Touray is President of the Gambia Press Union. He began his journalism career with Citizen FM and has worked for several publications. Journalists in the Gambia work under a hostile environment which makes it very difficult for them to perform their duties.
Human rights defenders (HRDs) in The Gambia operate in a widespread climate of fear, suspicion and self-censorship. Freedom of expression is gravely limited and human rights defenders and journalists critical of the government are under threat.
