Any Gambian that is a U.S passport holder, the very first thing you should do
when you go to any country, especially Gambia these days, is to go and
register with the American Embassy. This  is something that is always recommended by
the U.S state department. This will provide a record of your presence in the
country and your arrival and proposed departure dates. Should anything happen
to you, the embassy will look into it.
Also, for those people who were detained and questioned at Dakar airport, the
first thing they should have done before answering any questions was to ask
for a telephone to call the U.S embassy in Dakar. If you ask for this and are
refused, then take note of that and make sure you report the entire experience
plus the denial to place the  call to the  embassy as soon as possible or have
someone do it if you are not in a position to do so.


Jabou Joh

In a message dated 10/15/03 2:48:25 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:


> NIA/Customs and Senegalese Secret Agents, detained and questioned a group
> of
> Gambians, at Dakar's, Leopold Sedar Sengor International Airport. Three
> members of the group are of US Citizenship, three with US residency and
> three with
> refugee passports. Two other sisters, unrelated to the group were also
> interviewed and released and made the journey overland to Banjul.
> Will keep you posted on the Lies and Damn Lies, concocted by these NIA dogs
> against Gambians in the Diaspora. Apparently, Jammeh's latest trip overseas,
> was to secure various equipment for crowd control and the fear of mass
> demonstrations against skyrocketing prices and constant intimidation of
> opposition
> parties.
> Awaiting final negotiations for the release of all detained comrades.
> Keep the pressure on Jammeh and support an opposition party or the coalition
> of the willing and able.
> Good Morning from Jollof Land.
>
>

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