This article goes further to prove the state sponsored thuggryin the
Gambia.Since coming to power Jammeh and his clique have time and time again
demonstrated the extent they would go to curtail fundamental rights and
freedom.Their target have been members of the press .It is important for the
press members not to be intimidated by this cowardly acts.It is also
important for people both in and out of GAMBIA to demonstrate to Jammeh that
enough is enough and no more.Many people have lost their lives and many have
been totured and detained unjustly ,for no other reason than having a
different view from the government.
Mr Mbye continue your work in the name of justice.IT was DR.King who
indicated that "an individual have not started living until he can rise
above the narrow confines of his  individualistic concerns to the broader
concerns of all humanity."
TO Jammeh and his facist clique bear the words of DR. King that"true peace
is not merely the absence of tension but the presence of justice"


                         'The Gunmen' threaten
                           Independent reporter

                 The Independent, Friday received a letter addressed to the
paper's
                 editors, threatening to eliminate its reporter Alhagie
Mbye, if he
                 should continue to make 'undesirable reports'. The letters
signed by
                 'The Gunmen' warned the reporter to steer clear of
reporting about
                 them. Prior to this letter we also received an unsigned
letter
                 purportedly from the NIA, levelling criticisms about how we
report
                 NIA activities. 'NIA rebels under the placatory
machinations - the
                 media aiding via the front pages' was its underlined
heading. We
                 herewith reproduce the full text of the letter from 'The
Gunmen'
                 unedited.

                 Dear Mr. Editor,
                 Warning! Warning! Warning!

                 Dear Mr. Editor, Warning! Warning! Warning! This is the
last
                 warning to Alhagie Mbye of your newspaper to desist from
                 immediate effect his continuing undesirable reports. If he
could fully
                 remember we nearly eliminated him sometimes last year when
his
                 house was raided. Or did he forget! He was given stern
warning but
                 he still fail to comply. We know all his in's and out's and
will
                 accordingly deal with him. Such dangerous stories you
continue
                 reporting will never be tolerated again therefore get ready
as you will
                 not be spare!!! We have the ways, power and Means of doing
that
                 and no idiotic person can stop us. Our resolution will ever
be
                 defended and will never be obstructed by any journalist.
You reap
                 what you sow. Okay. Mr. Editor publish this letter as we
mean our
                 words.

                                                Yours, The gunmen

                 Reacting to the threat, Mr. Mbye, said that he was not
surprised or
                 intimidated as his house was raided last year by two men
armed with
                 a pistol, introducing themselves as NIA officers. He noted
that
                 during the raid his house was ransacked and his brief case
unlocked
                 and tampered with.

                 He also recalled that his school papers and other personal
                 documents were taken away by the two men who had claimed
that
                 they were searching for 'certain official documents' they
believed
                 were handed over to Mr. Mbye by the opposition for
publication.
                 Mr. Mbye recalled that his life was threatened by the two
men who
                 warned him to 'stop writing dangerous stories'. He added
that
                 despite the matter being reported to the police in the
presence of his
                 friend another journalist, he was told by the police that
they cannot
                 interfere as 'we are in a different era'.

                 Mr. Mbye noted that until now those documents have not been
                 returned to him. In the wake of the letter-threat
Independent's
                 Managing Editor Alagi Yorro Jallow said the paper would not
pay
                 heed to such a threat, since it emanated from cowards
wanting to
                 disrupt The Independent and the reporter. 'I have notified
the police
                 of the threat because no threat is small.

                 We seek refuge under the feet of Allah. Our stance and
editorial
                 policy would never be compromised' he clearly stated.
Abdoulie Sey
                 the paper's Assistant Editor said if the threat was made to
cower The
                 Independent it was ill-advised. 'We will never back away
from
                 reporting the truth' he emphasised. The chairman of the
Gambia
                 Press Union D.A Jawo has condemned the threat, saying it
was
                 cowardly
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