27 July 2005
Harry Yansaneh
Beating
Harry Yansaneh, the editor of "For Di People", died of kidney problems apparently caused by an assault he suffered on 10 May.
Yansaneh explicitly accused Member of Parliament Fatmata Hassan of ordering the attack. According to Yansaneh, one of Hassan's sons threatened him and vandalised the "For Di People" office. When the editor was on his way to the police station to make an official complaint about the incident, he was set upon by a group. Yansaneh also accused Hassan herself of being present when Bureh sat on his neck and threatened to kill him.
The motives for the assault appear to be Hassan's apparent desire to evict "For Di People" from their offices, coupled with the member of parliament's dislike of the newspaper's criticism of the government. Yansaneh took over the editorship of "For Di People" in October 2004.
