Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Gambian prosecutors on Thursday charged a journalist with sedition for disseminating "false" news about President Yahya Jammeh.
Fatou Camara, who was Jammeh's public relations chief until August, was arrested last month over information published on US-based news website the Freedom Newspaper.
She appeared in court Thursday and was charged on two counts of sedition.
She is accused of publishing false news "with intent to tarnish the image of the president" and of "giving false news through the Internet" to the editor of the news site, according to the charge sheet read in court.
Camara, who denies the charges, was released on bail and is expected back in court on October 28.
Gambia, the smallest state on mainland Africa, is ruled by Jammeh with an iron fist.
Media laws describing crimes of sedition, slander and publication of false information implemented in 2004 are so restrictive that an article, cartoon or even gesture seen as insulting to Jammeh can land a person in jail.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gambia-charges-journalist-sedition-211947809.html
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