and violate the law and get away with it? They got it wrong this time ... We are going to prosecute them to the letter." On 7 August 2009, the six were convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Mile 2 Prison, as well as a fine of 250,000 dalasi (£5,780) apiece. However, Jammeh pardoned them in September, following a campaign of "domestic and international pressure". The pardons were issued to coincide with Ramadan. Awards and recognition Hydara was posthumously awarded the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in 2005, and the Hero of African Journalism Award of The African Editors' Forum in 2010, sharing the latter with disappeared journalist Ebrima Manneh. In 2006, Saine was awarded the Johann Philipp Palm Award for his work with the paper. The award is named for a bookseller executed by Napoleon, and recognizes individuals who are "of outstanding prominence in the promotion of freedom of opinion and the press". In 2010, Saine was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute. He is the third West African to have won the title, following Kenneth Best (Liberia) and Freedom Neruda (Côte d'Ivoire). Saine described the award as a morale-booster and "an inspiration for journalists who are fighting for freedom of the press and the interests of justice, democracy and human rights not only in the Gambia but in all of Africa". References External links English-language newspapers published in Africa Newspapers published in the Gambia Publications established in 1991 1991 establishments in the Gambia