Where is Blair? where is Bush? Where is the BBC? Where is CNN and all the European Human Rights Activists? I join the Movement for Democracy and Development in condemning the unlawful arrest and detention of Jaw Manneh and call for her immediate and unconditional release. Regards, Kabir. On 4/1/07, Movement for Democracy and Development <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Movement for Democracy and Development > P. O. Box 500 > Bronx, NY 10453 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > March 31, 2007 > > > PRESS RELEASE: > > > The Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Ms. Fatou Jaw > Manneh: > > > The United States based Gambians' Movement for > Democracy and Development Organization (MDD) is > watching the unfolding developments in The Gambia with > total disbelieves in the recent unlawful arrest and > detention of a U.S. based Gambian journalist, > pro-democratic activist and critic of President Yahya > Jammeh's dictatorship Ms. Fatou Jaw Manneh. > > The arrest was executed by Agents of The Gambia > (National Torture Agency) know as the NIA upon her > arrival at the Banjul International Airport from the > United States > last Wednesday. By trying to bring false charges > against this woman justify their unlawful detention is > further evidence that the Government under Yahya > Jammeh has no respect for the constitutional rights of > the Gambian people. > > President Jammeh since July 22nd 1994 when he ceased > power in a bloodless Coup D'etat when he suspended the > hard-won democratic freedoms of the Gambian people, > established himself as an absolute ruler, held the > country hostage and destroyed the norms and values of > democracy. > > As a result of these alarming developments, we are > adding our voices to those of the national and > international organizations and individuals in > condemning the unlawful arrest and detention of Ms. > Fatou Jaw Manneh. > > The Gambia Constitution which is the supreme law of > the country requires that any person arrested be > brought before court of law within 72 hours, > therefore, it is unconstitutional for the NIA to > continuously detain Fatou Jaw Manneh incommunicado > without charges. > > The Movement for Democracy and Development call on all > democratic institutions, human rights organizations > and democratic governments to exert diplomatic > pressure on The Gambia authorities to demand an > immediate and unconditional release of Ms. Manneh from > detention. We demand that the Gambian authorities stop > terrorizing the people who simply exercise their > freedom guaranteed to them in the Gambia Constitution > and those who are considered critics of Jammeh's > regime. > > LONG LIVE THE GAMBIA! > LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY! > DOWN WITH DICTATORSHIP! > > > Signed: > > Saihou Mballow > Chairperson > > > > > CC: > State Department > EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs > African Union-Addis Ababa, Ethiopia > Commonwealth > UK Department of Foreign and Commonwealth Office > Amnesty International > Human Rights Watch > Human Rights Institutions > Media Houses > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい