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| Gambia Britons on sedition charge | Gambia Britons on sedition charge |
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| Two British Christian missionaries have been charged with sedition in the West African state of the Gambia. | |
| David Fulton, 60, and his wife Fiona, 46, have appeared in court. They have been held separately in custody since being arrested last Saturday. | David Fulton, 60, and his wife Fiona, 46, have appeared in court. They have been held separately in custody since being arrested last Saturday. |
| Mr Fulton works as a chaplain in the mainly Muslim country's army, and first moved to the Gambia 12 years ago. | |
| The Foreign Office says British consular staff have been in touch with the couple. | The Foreign Office says British consular staff have been in touch with the couple. |
| The prosecution accuse the couple of writing letters to individuals and groups abroad to "bring into hatred or contempt, to excite disaffection" against the Gambian president, the Reuters news agency reported. | |
| The couple have pleaded not guilty and were granted bail of £125,000 ($181,600), which they have reportedly yet to find. | |
| Mr Fulton, a former army major originally from Troon in Scotland, is said to be held at a high security jail outside the capital, Banjul. | |
| Mrs Fulton, originally from Torquay in Devon, is being held with the couple's two-year-old adopted daughter at a police station in Banjul. | |
| A friend said Mrs Fulton is being treated well, but there were concerns for her husband. | |
| "We don't think he's fared quite as well. He's not eating," the friend told the Press Association. | |
| The Gambia is one of Africa's smallest countries and has been ruled by President Yahya Jammeh since 1994, when he seized power. | |
| President Jammeh's government has been criticised by international rights groups for its attitude to civil liberties, especially freedom of the press. |