The Gambia: Gambian security forces seal off newspaper, arrest staff

Plainclothes Gambian security agents Tuesday sealed the offices of the twice-weekly newspaper The Independent and arrested staffers found on the premises, local journalists told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Most of the staff members were released after brief questioning, but Editor Musa Saidykhan and General Manager Madi Ceesay remained in custody at the end of the day.