Gambia to punish those who spread ‘false news’ with 15 years in prison and $100,000 fine

“Gambia’s information minister Nana Grey-Johnson, said the law had been put forward to prevent people, at home and abroad, from engaging in ‘treacherous’ campaigns against Gambians. ‘They do this by inciting the people to engage in unpatriotic behavior, spreading false news and engaging in criminal defamation against Government officials.’ Grey-Johnson added that, if unchecked, such statements were a recipe for chaos and instability in any country.  Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has ruled the tiny slither of a country surrounded by Senegal since he seized power in a 1994 military coup.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/04/gambia-to-punish-those-who-spread-false-news-with-15-years-in-prison-and-100000-fine/

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