Friends and coleagues,

 

I come to you once again to join with you in yielding relief for our friend and countryman Pa-Modou Bojang. I take this opportunity to again thank all of you for assisting with The Chief Manneh Family Relief Fund and The Kanyibaa Kanyi Family Relief Fund. Those who have pledged in those fundraisers, but for one reason or the other could not complete their generous pledges are encouraged to complete their gifting to the Pa-Modou Bojang Relief Fund.

 

We are all by now aware of Pa-Modou's chagrin and angst. Our friend and fellow citizen who worked as a journalist with a UNESCO-sponsored community radio station in Brikama educated and informed Gambians under enormous threat and risk. Government harrassment, threats to his person and property, and NIA arrest and detention, were Pa-modou's experiences as he toiled to elevate the consciences of a destituted people. He did not do it for fame and riches. He did not do it for any future remuneration or fancy. He did it because of his love for broadcasting and his fundamental rights of free expression and speech.

 

Pa-Modou was able to flee the persecutions in Gambia to the UK. The land of the free spirit. The land of Human Rights and considerate justice. Now Pa-Modou is again under threat. Threat of deportation from the UK back to Gambia. Could a single human being endure such torment and despondency? We are delighted to hear that the UK government has re-considered Pa-Modou's expeditious deportation and we look forward to that government according him full Asylum and relief. All this did not come easily. It came via frantic efforts of Pa-Modou's friends, Amnesty-International-UK, his fellow citizens, distinguished UK citizens, his legal aid advisor, and the law firm of one of his fellow citizens. We are forever indebted to these good samaritans, who helped save a life.

 

Pa-Modou's friends in the UK have embarked on a fund-raising effort to retire his legal debts. They are reaching out to us for support in this area. Our coleague and fellow citizen Abdoukarim is in touch with Britt and other friends of Pa-Modou in the UK, that we may yield Pa-Modou relief through a synergy of all our efforts.

 

Thank you for your audience and considerations.

 

Please send your generous gifts and pledges to:

The Global Democracy Project

For: Pa-Modou Bojang Relief Fund

P.O. Box 775

Lithia Springs, GA 30122