Hi All,

I love the fighting spirit in the house.

Some of us here have been consulting with each other on what to do and how
to do it. There are still some details to be worked out, hopefully by
tomorrow or Saturday at the latest. All those consulted so far have declared
their willingness to sign the petition (we have printed Buharry's draft
after adding some pages with two columns and several rows for signatures).
Others have volunteered to carry copies with them and solicit signatures.

We intend to deliver copies to:

*The Norwegian Foreign Ministry

*The Norwegian Red Cross (highlighting how Omar Barrow was slain whiles
carrying out First Aid)

*Amnesty International's Norwegian  chapter

*LO (the Labour Union)

*All the major press houses in Oslo

We also intend to seek an audience with the committee on foreign relation in
the Norwegian Parliament after which we shall keep them informed about
developments as they unfold.

We have agreed in principle to co-ordinate our actions with planned actions
in Denmark. What is not clear yet is whether the Gambian Association will
agree to condemn these criminal acts as an organisation or if the committee
would prefer members to append their signatures as private individuals.

Apart from those carrying the petition to collect signatures (see below),
copies will also be available later today at the Mosque for signature before
and after Friday prayers. For those who cannot make it there to sign later
today, a copy will be pinned on the information board there which we will
collect later.

We are also yet to agree on whether the delivery of the petitions will take
place with a mass gathering and march to the various offices (with possible
media coverage).

Meanwhile, you can also contact either E. K., Omar Drammeh, Amie Joof, Saiks
Samateh  Famara Bojang (Fams) or my self to sign the petition. I guess most
Gambians in Oslo have the telephone number of at least one of the above.

Will keep you posted.

Regards.

Kabir.





MOMODOU BUHARRY GASSAMA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi!
>     Momodou Camara wrote:
>
> "I am adding a suggestion that a joint declaration on behalf of Gambia-l
to
> be drafted and sent to the press, human rights organizations and
Government
> of The Gambia. Any one on Gambia-l who does not want his/her
> name/organization to be on that declaration should send an email to the
list
> managers and their names will not be written as signatories. All those who
> do not request not to be on the declaration will automatically become
listed
> as signatories. At the  moment we have more than 600 members on the list."
>
> I think this is a great idea and we should do it that way. Thanks.
>
> Buharry.
>
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