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| | | Extradition Requested for MP's Children Involved in "For Di People" Editor's Death
8/16/2006 10:13 AMExtradition has been requested for three children of a Member of Parliament, Fatmata Hassan Komeh, for their involvment in the death of "For Di People" editor Harry Yansaneh. Yansaneh was a tenant of Fatmata Hassan Komeh. He was beaten during an altercation with Ms. Komeh and three of her children in May 2005. He died two and 1/2 months later. Hassan's three children fled to London when the inquest into Yasaneh's death was started by Magistrate Adrian Fisher, after the police failed to investigate.
Media and international pressure have helped support the case. Many international organizations including the UK High Commission, the US Embassy, UNESCO, and the World Bank have called for investigation into Yansaneh's death. When Komeh was released from prison by the attorney general who was responsible for leading her prosecution, pressure from the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists caused resumption of the proceedings. Reporters sans Frontieres advocated for an autopsy and investigation into Yansaneh's death.
At a preliminary hearing in February 2006, the jury concluded that Yansaneh's death was a case of involuntary manslaughter and that Komeh's three children were among several people involved in Yansaneh's death.
Compiled from: Justice for Killed Journalist, The Independent (Freetown), August 14, 2006.
Government Bows to Calls for Extradition of MP's Children Implicated in Editor's Death, Reporters sans Frontieres (Paris), Press Release, August 15, 2006.
News Media Shaken by Harry Yansaneh's Death (August 3, 2005), and Call for Autopsy After Death of Editor of For Di People (July 27, 2005), Reporters sans Frontieres.
Director-General condemns fatal assault on Sierra Leonean newspaper editor Harry Yansaneh, UNESCO.org News, August 3, 2005.
World Bank President Acknowledges Harry Yansanneh Was 'Murdered, Concord Times, July 21, 2006.
Call for Justice in Case of Killed Journalist, The Independent, July 30, 2006.
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