Hi folks,
I've been following the thread about Dumo's detention, and I must say I'm
appalled at the increasing arrogance of the Gambian government. These
people really have no sense of justice, and the rule of law, and hence have
no business running our country.
They've at least moved some toward resolving the case, by bringing them to
court. But the court is at best a kangaroo court, simply because it was
held in closed session, in a country that's supposedly free, open, and fair.
Obviously, these people do not mean what they say; if that is, they have any
idea what they are talking about.
In response to the kind of treatment that's being dished out by the
government to innocent citizens, I will agree with Amadu's suggestion below,
that we intensify campaigns against the government. I received an e-mail
the other day was really pleased to learn that Mr. Oussainou Mbenga, of the
Gambia Freedom and Democracy Movement (GFDM) was in attendance at the last
meeting of the Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA). The Network is based in
Washington, DC, and has over 200 advocacy organizations interested in
African issues. I hope it would be possible for GFDM, and other interested
Gambian groups to work with ADNA
(http://www.africapolicy.org/adna/adnalist.htm) to help spread the word
about the Gambian government's abuse of human rights, and the Dumo case in
particular. For your information, the e-mail I recieved about the ADNA
meeting also mentioned that they will be discussing the situation in The
Gambia at their next meeting, and that's positive.
There are also possibilities for working working with other human rights
organizations such as Amnesty International, and other organizations that
some subscribers might have contacts with. The bottom line is that we must
not spare any effort to ensure that the excesses of the Jammeh government
are known to as many people as is possible.
And to Dumo's wife, and the rest of the family, the Independent newspaper
editors who are being harassed by the Jammeh government, I would like to
inform them that they have our full support in their struggles. We are
certainly thinking of them, and praying for them too.
Keep up the great work, and best wishes.
Katim
----- Original Message -----
From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 5:01 AM
Subject: Fw: Dumo
> Hi List Members,
>
> The mail below is from Momodou 'Dumo' Saho's wife. As you can see, Dumo
and others are being framed here. I think we should intensify our campaign
to sensitise the international community about their plight
>
> I have in mind the kind of campaign that we carried out in the aftermath
of the student massacres. Maybe Brother Buharry can help pen a petition that
can be used as a standard for our various international communities?
>
> We must do all we can to stop Jammeh from murdering yet another group of
young productive Gambians!
>
> Regards,
>
> Kabir.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bokaloho <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 5:26 PM
> Subject: Dumo
>
>
> > Friends,
> > Today we went to court. The hearing was held in closed chambers so only
I
> > could attend (apart from the judge and the lawyers).
> > -At least it is now officially established that Dumo is with the NIA.
> > -Our lawyers insisted that he should be released, referring to the
> > constitution + the African Charter of Human Rights.
> > -The NIA lawyer insisted that he should remain in custody since he is
> > suspected of - together with some military personnel - planning to
> > forcefully overthrow the democratically elected government of The Gambia
and
> > that it would therefore be against public interest to release him.
> > -The ruling with come on Tuesday morning.
> > At the moment I don't know what to do next...
> > Annika
> >
> >
> >
>
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