Sister,
Well said,this fascist state does not deserve anything better .
For freedom
saiks
Kabir,
Thank you for forwarding this mail to the L. I was in hospital when i was
told
about Dumo Saho's abduction. I remember when i went to my dad's funeral Dumo
was with me throughout the time i spent there. I remember the night before i
left for London we did had a long discussion as to how to develop and expand
the work of Boko Loho and some of the students were even there that night.
Dumo is dedicated to his work and even if he involves in politics that is his
right to do so. Kidnapping him won't stop Jammeh from losing the next
elections. I am even suprise that his wearabout are still unknown, how can a
government operate like a monsters.
Kidnapping and arresting innocent people shows the time of government we are
dealing with. The Gambia has turned to a Mafia State, so it is not surprising
that even people coming with development agenda at home are seen as a treat.
If you have a paranoid government this is waht it yields. The government is
there to safe guard a group interest not a national interest one,this is what
happen in Liberia, Sierra Leone. I just can't believe that all these
kidnapping are still happening.
The struggle to eliminate a brutal and inhuman regime like the AFPRC
continues!!!!. We will not wait for another Liberia/ SierraLeone. If Jammeh
things that losing the next election, he will turn the country into a blood
stream, he must be joking. We are dealing with the most brutal and inhuman
regime our belove country will ever have and we have to intensify our efforts
to get rid of them.
The Struggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh
Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
OPEN LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE GAMBIA
Dear Sir,
Allow me to draw your attention to the case of my husband, Mr Modou (Dumo)
Sarho, who was abducted from his family compound at Sanchaba Road in
Serrekunda London Corner on Saturday 24th June around 3.30 p.m. At the time
Mr
Sarho was sitting with some friends outside the compound when an ash-coloured
BMW (Reg.No BJL3716A) drove up to his gate and he was called. He went to
answer and begged to be allowed to talk to his mother which was granted after
some discussion among the men in the car. When entering the house he was then
escorted by one of the men in the car. This man has later, by witnesses, been
identified as one Mr Alhagie Moor alias Alhagie Jobe, son of late Mr Peterson
Jobe.
Mr Sarho informed his mother that he was being arrested and he was said to be
taken to Banjul.
When I arrived to my home after work on Saturday, I was informed about the
arrest and started by calling the Police Headquarter in Banjul. They assured
me that they did not have my husband in their custody and I was advised to
try
the NIA. Two of my husband's brothers personally went to the Banjul Police
HQ,
only to receive the same negative answer. I managed to get a telephone number
to NIA, but all through the evening as well as the following day no one
answered that phone.
During the weekend I alerted Boka Loho - Together we can in Sweden as well as
other friends and organisations abroad that I believed would be interested in
knowing about the abduction.
On Monday 26th I and Mr Mustapha Sarho (brother of my husband) went to the
NIA
quarter at Moammar Khadaffi Road in Banjul. We were not allowed to enter or
to
see any commanding officer but the gate-keeper assured us that no man by the
name Mr Modou Sarho was kept there. After about two hours with the same
negative answer, we decided to go to the Banjul Police HQ and report my
husband as missing after his abduction.
On Tuesday I alerted Amnesty International in Bakau and other local human
rights organisations as well as the local press, still with the hope that my
husband would appear during the day since it would then be 72 hours after his
arrest, or - at least - that he would be able to contact his family. This did
not occur however.
When I am writing this, more than 5 days have passed and my hope is that you
will be made aware of the situation and act accordingly.
As I understand, my husband was working very closely with you during the
70's,
when you were busy forming the then National Liberation Party. I know that
both of you suffered political arrests during the Jawara regime, and I would
have expected you, as a lawyer and with personal experience of political
persecution to use your present power to safeguard human rights and make sure
that the respect for the Gambian law is maintained and not violated, even by
the state.
Mr Sarho spent 9 years (1985-1994) as a political refugee in Sweden, but
always with his heart in The Gambia and tirelessly trying to find ways of
supporting the development in his motherland. In 1991, we - some Swedes and
Gambians - formed an organisation BOKA LOHO - TOGETHER WE CAN, intended to
work for development in The Gambia. In 1993 a sister organisation The Boka
Loho Organisation of The Gambia was formed here and registered as a local
NGO.
In December 1995, Mr Sarho and I came to Gambia to work as full time
volunteers with this organisation.
Since then, the well being, progress and survival of this organisation has
been Mr Dumo Sarho's main occupation and interest. During these years, many
have approached him to engage in politics. Most of his former political
comrades since the time of MOJA-G, have decided to join the ruling party,
while he chose not to. He has always claimed to be a MOJA at heart and saw no
reason to change that belief. He has a great personal integrity and would
never betray his ideals. As a man of the people he would not dream of
entering
politics again without the strong support of a party. Hence he has kept
himself out of the Gambian political arena.
I again appeal to you, both in your present position as The Attorney General
of The Gambia and as a former political comrade of my husband, to investigate
this case and act according to the laws of The Gambia.
June 29th, 2000
Annika Renberg
(Co-founder and volunteer of Boka Loho, wife of Mr Sarho)
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