Bravo Momodou Ceesay. Saihou >From: momodou ceesay <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Letter to The US President, UN Secretary General & Carter Center >Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:13:25 -0700 > >Fellow Gambians: > >Below is a letter we sent to Various United States >officials and Newspapers in the Gambia. > > >3629 Buford Highway >Apartment G-10 >Atlanta, Georgia 30329 > >UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY- ATLANTA BASE. > >June 21, 2000 > >William J. Clinton >The President of the United States >The White House >1600 Pennsylvania Avenue >Washington DC 20500-0001 > >Dear Sir: > >This is a request for an urgent action in the Gambia >with respect to the leader of the United Democratic >Party (UDP) and 80 supporters currently in detention >at an unknown location in The Gambia. Mr. Darboe and >his supporters were ambushed by President Jammeh’s >APRC provocateurs during a tour of the provinces. >Many injuries occurred on both sides including the >death of one person. >We are fearful for the safety of Mr. Darboe and his >supporters detained incommunicado by the Jammeh regime >at unknown location(s). >Quite conceivably, things are rapidly spiraling out of >control. If you recall in April of this year, the >government shot and killed innocent high school >children for engaging in peaceful demonstration in >protest of the brutal torture and consequent death of >their colleague, Ebrima Barry by the Brikama Firemen >and the rape of a 13 year old girl, Binta Manneh by a >uniformed officer. >In the face of the increasing popularity of the >opposition, we feel that the UDP is the target of a >government crackdown. We are appealing for the >strongest denouncement of human rights violations in >the Gambia. Once again, allow us to raise our concern >that the tyrannical regime in Banjul is provoking the >Gambian people into a dangerous response. We hope no >rivers of blood will flow in the Gambia as they have >in others parts of Africa. However, it will not be for >lack of trying by the Jammeh regime. >We hope that you will demand of The Gambian government >the safety and immediate release of Mr. Darboe and his >supporters. >_________________________________ >Respectfully, > > >Momodou K. Ceesay >Secretary > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------