Gambia: Journalist denies charge, places responsibility on editor

Lamin Fatty, a reporter with the banned Banjul-based bi-weekly "The Independent", who is standing trial at the Kanifing Magistrate's Court for publishing "false information", on 21 May 2007 denied ever publishing any "false information". The journalist told the court that, as a reporter, he only gathered facts and submitted them to the editors who hold the ultimate responsibility for publishing.