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
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>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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>
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