Buhary:

This is great!  Could you draft the letter and set the process going
with Yankuba Njie?  It would be great if you could.  Thanks!

Abdoulaye

MOMODOU BUHARRY GASSAMA wrote:
>
> Hi Karamba!
>                         I agree with your suggestion and your choice of
> people if it is o.k. with them. I am getting more outraged by the minute
> especially after having just read Ebrima Ceesay's update in which he said
> that more students have been killed today.
>     Yankuba Njie has suggested that he can host the petition. I think we
> should go ahead and draft the text of the petition for approval. Thanks.
>
> Buharry.
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 7:07 PM
> Subject: Massacre Action Plan
>
> > I thought I would bounce around an action plan for list members to
> consider
> > in light of the tragedy we are all trying to deal with. Since we all agree
> > something meaningful has to be done relatively quickly, I suggest we
> > immediately name a G-L crisis coordinator to be our point man in doing the
> > following:
> >  1- Be a repository for an emergency fund drive aimed at collecting money
> .
> > We can all send contributions immediately to this coordinator.
> >  2-The said coordinator would then be authorized by us list members to
> hire
> > lawyers in Gambia pronto to first establish the names and identities of
> all
> > the victims. Our coordinator and the lawyers can then formerly approach
> the
> > victims families to offer them representation. This would enable our team
> of
> > lawyers to meticulously investigate the entire events surrounding the
> > massacre by interviewing survivors and talking to witnesses. While the
> > government is busy rationalizing the killings and crafting a cover-up, we
> too
> > can have our people reconstructing the crime. Once the investigative phase
> is
> > over our lawyers can submit their findings to us and the world. If we
> don't
> > initiate our own enquiry, these brave students who paid the ultimate price
> > would not have the honor, dignity and justice we owe them. None of us have
> > any faith in Yahya Jammehs judiciary  nor should we even consider awaiting
> > their socalled enquiry.
> > If list members agree and we proceed today, by the seven day (sarah) I
> > anticipate we would have put together some money to even help in the Sarah
> .
> > Our coordinator would be asked to donate to each of the families by the
> > weekend. We can have our lawyers announce by Monday that they have been
> > retained by us to handle this matter. They would immediately begin work by
> > seeking the release of students still held . I understand the government
> is
> > trying to arrange a meeting with parents in a cynical attempt to pacify
> the
> > very obvious anger they know has engulfed the people. With our lawyers
> > announcing what amounts to probono representation, the parents can even
> > condition any meeting  with the government to the presence of counsel to
> > shield them from the kinds of wicked manipulation this desperate gov't
> would
> > try.
> > Please list members let us begin rightaway. I would like to suggest Saffie
> > Ceesay of Silver Spring , Maryland for the USA  and Alpha Robinson for
> > Europe. If the suggestion is approved I would send  mine this evening.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Karamba
> >
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