Mr.A/G,
With all due respect,do by what u swore or follow your God given conscience
and join your true brothers  in search forjustice in this movement for
democracy! This Government as you know is illegal from its very conception!I
am not a legal expert but
why will i waste so much time to master law if this is a possible
outcome of my years of intelectual endeavour! If you guys in banjul
have some other information then answer Anika  openly!I am sure that she
will let you use her computers at Bokoloho to E mail for 10 minutes.Here is
a model lady begging for her husbands god given rights to be treated as a
humanbeing and you have it in you to have an excuse to say no.May i remind
you that Law is written by humanbeings with conscience just like you and me!
If you feel ambivalent
use your God given conscience and act the     up! Or have that too been
stolen! No matter what happens we must never let someone drive our
last indication of ourselve evidence of humanity--our god given
conscience!Without this entity we become sure reduced much lower than the
basics we love to feed off on---sorry but i cant contain my anger.
    You know if we have to stay alive we all do,but deep down there
is this voice we cant ignore all the time everytime!
    From what i can see Anika is guilty of loving her husband who is
guilty of loving his country! If this is wrong i dont wana be right; u?/!
             kalilu camara

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>Subject: 2nd open letter to the Attorney General of The Gambia
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 15:28:06 -0000
>
>Friends,
>Allow me to take your time by sending you a copy of my second letter to the
>AG of The Gambia. This was faxed to him today. Copies were also given to
>the
>local newspapers, the EU Commission, Institute for Human rights and to
>Emanuel Joof.
>Annika
>
>
>                                                     SECOND OPEN LETTER TO
>                                     THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE GAMBIA
>Dear Sir,
>In my first open letter to you, dated June 29th 2000, I took the liberty to
>appeal to you, both in your position as Attorney General of The Gambia and
>as a former political comrade of my husband – Mr Modou (Dumo) Sarho - to
>investigate the case of his abduction on June 24th and to act according to
>the laws of The Gambia. In connection with that letter I was granted an
>appointment with you on Monday 3rd July. You cancelled that appointment but
>promised to write to me instead. Although I fully understand and respect
>that your duties keep you very busy, I am still looking forward to your
>response.
>On Friday 14th July, at the Banjul High Court, my lawyers (Mr Emanuel Joof
>and Bah Tambadou) represented me in a case where the Director General of
>the
>NIA, The Inspector General of Police and The Attorney General were
>suspected
>of unlawful arrest and detention of Mr Modou Sarho. The defendants
>(including yourself) were represented by lawyer Wowo.
>An affidavit from the Director of Internal Security, Mr Foday Barry,
>declared that Modou Sarho and some civilians and military personnel had
>been
>arrested on June 24th and that ”some recorded cassettes, which contained
>plans on how to forcefully overthrow the government and other materials
>were
>recovered from them.” The affidavit further stated that ”since the alleged
>offence touches on state security, releasing the alleged offenders would
>seriously affect further investigations and would also hinder the
>investigation, which would not be of public interest.” Ruling in the case
>was postponed until Tuesday 18th July.
>Later on the same day, Friday the 14th July, the Inspector General of
>Police
>issued a press release, stating that my husband and eight others (incl.
>three absent), on that same day, had been brought to the Kanifing
>Magistrate
>(Ms H.C. Roche) accused of treason on two accounts:
>1.  Conspiring (between March 1999 and June 2000) to overthrow the
>government by
>      unlawful means and
>2.  “… between the months of March 1999 to June 2000 attempted to cause the
>death of the
>      Head of State with a view to securing the overthrow of the Government
>of The Gambia.”
>In front of the Magistrate, Mrs Thomasi, representing the Inspector General
>of Police, explained that she had very recently been provided with the case
>file and would need the weekend to go through the evidence upon which – if
>she found the evidence relevant – she would file the charges in Banjul High
>Court on Monday the 17th July. The Magistrate agreed that the Kanifing
>Court
>does not have the jurisdiction to hear a treason case and ordered that the
>accused persons should remain in custody pending the filing of charges – if
>any – at the High Court. The Magistrate also noted her satisfaction with
>Mrs
>Thomasi’s promise to deal with the case expeditiously.
>On Tuesday 18th July, Justice Mam Yassin Sey ruled in the case of “unlawful
>arrest and detention”, that the long arrest and detention was against the
>constitution and law of The Gambia and that Mr Sarho’s basic human rights,
>as stated in the constitution, had been violated. She also noted that,
>since
>Modou Sarho - after or simultaneously with the hearing - had appeared in
>front of the Kanifing Magistrate and was ordered to be remanded in custody,
>she – Justice Sey - was no longer in the position to order for his
>unconditional release, which she would otherwise have done.
>In a letter, dated July 8th, to the SOS for Interior, Mr A.M. Tambadou
>applied to be allowed to visit Mr Modou Sarho at his place of detention in
>order to be able to offer him legal advice with reference to the serious
>crime he had been charged with. A copy of the letter was addressed to you.
>Mr Tambadou has not yet received any reply. All attempts to meet with Mr
>Sarho and/or find out where he is kept have been futile - during more than
>one month while he has been kept “incommunicado”.
>Sir, this my unexpected first hand experience of the Gambian judiciary
>system has made me wonder about some contradictions that I have noticed.
>Recently I had the pleasure of reading your speech from June 29th on the
>application of international human rights law in The Gambia. In that speech
>you elaborate on how international treaties of human rights are reflected
>in
>Chapter four of the Constitution of The Gambia, especially Sections 19 and
>24. Allow me to quote: ”This chapter provides for the protection of
>Fundamental Rights and Freedoms” and ”we are proud to say that there is a
>judicial system already put in place to ensure that any person alleged to
>have committed an offence and consequently arrested, is held for a period
>not exceeding 24 hours and entitled to be brought before court within 72
>hours.”
>In Daily Observer 7/7 I read about another of your speeches (from a dinner
>hosted by the Nigeria High Commission) were you were said to have
>”described
>The Gambia’s judiciary system as a reference point in the world”. Then why
>is it, that my husband and his co-accused are still, after more than one
>month, held incommunicado? Why did the prosecutor, Ms Thomasi, not file the
>charges with the High Court in Banjul on Monday the 17th July, as she
>promised? Can it be because of lack of evidence? If so – why are my husband
>and his co-accused not released immediately?
>On Tuesday the 25th of July, Mr Kanta Jawo visited the BOKA LOHO Multi
>Purpose Centre. Mr Jawo is the founder of and a teacher at the Boka Loho
>Nursery School in Bunebore, Foni. Bunebore is a very small and very poor
>village, not far from Kanilai. Mr Jawo told us that on July 16th he had
>been
>picked up from his home in Bwiam, by 7 soldiers from the state guard in
>Kanilai. They asked him about ”Dumo” and – handcuffed – he was brought to
>spend the night at the police station in Sibanor. The following day he was
>taken to the NIA headquarter in Banjul where he had to answer further
>questions about Mr Sarho and make a statement. Yes, Mr Sarho has been in
>Bunebore - thrice. Twice on treks up-country when we visited different boka
>loho-groups. The third time (in April) he came back with some boka loho
>students from the Skills Training Centre for a weekend of community work.
>Then they all were busy making mud-blocks to rehabilitate the
>school-building which collapsed during the rains last year. Mr Jawo spent
>two nights at the NIA headquarter and after that he was allowed to sleep
>outside but conditioned to report back daily for further questioning. Until
>on the 25th, when he was told that he did not have to appear again.
>This story strengthens my suspicion that whatever evidence the NIA says it
>has – it does not seem to be enough to substantiate any charges.
>Sir, again I appeal to you - in your capacity as the Attorney General and
>Secretary of State for Justice, and thereby the Highest Judiciary Authority
>in The Gambia - to interfere and let the laws of The Gambia rule – either
>by
>charging my husband for a criminal offence or by releasing him
>unconditionally.
>Meanwhile, the lawyers and I are still awaiting a permit to visit Mr Sarho
>in his place of remand, to at least ensure that he is alive.
>July 27th, 2000
>Yours faithfully,
>
>
>(Annika Renberg)
>Co-founder and volunteer of Boka Loho; wife of Mr Modou Sarho
>
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