Career
A Daily Observer reporter, Manneh was reportedly arrested by state security after attempting to republish a British Broadcasting Corporation report criticizing President Yahya Jammeh shortly before an African Union meeting in Banjul. His arrest was witnessed by coworkers. Though ordered to release Manneh by an Economic Community Of West African States court, the Gambian government has denied that Manneh is imprisoned.
According to AFP, an unnamed police source confirmed Manneh"s arrest in April 2009, but added he believed Manneh "is no longer alive".
Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and named him a 2011 "priority case". The Committee to Protect Journalists has also called for his release and demanded that authorities account for his disappearance.
The Committee described his arrest as part of "a climate of fear created by the unsolved murder of prominent Gambian editor Deyda Hydara, a series of unsolved arsons of media houses, and a pattern of government intimidation and prosecution of journalists.".
