Reknowned Gambian journalist and Reporters Without Borders correspondent Deyda Hydara was shot dead on 16 December 2004 as he drove two of his newspaper staff home after work. Hydara fought tirelessly for press freedom and democracy under the military regime and called for equal opposition access to the media during the 1996 presidential election campaign. All his colleagues, including his rivals, considered him the wisest and most thoughtful of journalists. Currently Reporters Without Borders have set up an appeal to call for an independent inquiry to his murder. To sign the petition, please go to http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12243