A popular Gambian TV journalist, Fatou Camara, has been held incommunicado since 17 September. She has not been charged and it is unclear why she was arrested.
News reports have suggested she is being investigated for espionage and a breach of national security, linked to allegations that she was "passing information to the international media" critical of Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh.
Camara, who hosts an eponymous weekly current affairs show on the state-owned television broadcaster (GRTS), was originally detained by members of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on 15 September.
She was released and then rearrested two days later while her children were present. She has not been heard from since and inquiries to the NIA have been rebuffed.
Peter Nkanga, west African consultant for the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), said her detention violates the constitution that Jammeh "swore to uphold."
In August, Camara - known as the Queen of GRTS - was removed from her role as the president's director of press and public relations. She had been appointed by Jammeh in May.
Sources: CPR/Freedom Newspaper/Gainako Radio
