Thanks YUS.

This is another madness of Jammeh& his Army (The Gang of Kaninglai)
Our support goes to Mrs Isatou Touray gender activist who's report has been well
recieved by freedom&democracy campaigners both home and abroad,And our heart
felt goes to the victims affected by this crimminal destructions of business and investments
in SerreKunda.& soroundings.Gambia has always been a free religious country
let Jammeh&Co  stopp harassing  our women of their basic rights and bring these
enemies of Gambia behind Bars and Free ( Wildeh)--DUMO SAHO&others.This is an
insult to the 51% of our population that happens to be women and i hope they should come 
to their senses and vote out Jammeh&Goverment 4 the opposition parties,Respect religious
tolerance in Gambia or else it can cause us more stagnation&chaos and the rich Arabs
will never come to our rescue,We rather live poor in our home than living as poppets for 
Arabs,Never.

Freedom&Democracy
Fye F Samateh.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yusupha Jow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Women Attacked??????


> KB:
> This report from the Observer seems to confirm your report.
> 
> Report as follows:
> 
> Mrs Isatou Touray, a leading gender activist, has condemned the mistreatment
> meted out to women suspected of being sex workers by armed attackers who
> vandalised pubs and motels in the Kanifing municipality early Monday.
> 
> Speaking at the Gamcotrap office, yesterday, Mrs Touray urged the government
> to bring the perpetrators to book.
> 
> "The attack was on women. There was a woman who was beaten. Some women were
> stripped and apparently up to the time I am talking to you, what they are
> saying is that the police are doing something, but there is nothing definite
> yet that has come out," said Mrs Touray. Mrs Touray deplored that the women
> were subjected to mental and physical torture, which she said was a gross
> violation of their fundamental rights. "Something has to be done.
> 
> They are part of the state, they have a right, and being single does not mean
> you are a sex worker. You have a freedom to live and entertain and enjoy your
> life as and when you like it. That does not mean you are doing sex work and
> in any case, it takes both men and women to do sex work," Mrs Touray charged.
> She decried "the mistreatment and other inhuman treatment" meted out to
> Gambian women. "I think there are certain things that are going on in this
> country with regards to women's lives.
> 
> That is, any group or vigilante group, can just get up and say these women
> are X, these women are involved in bleaching, these women are putting on
> short dresses, these women are this and that. I think it is unfair to women.
> Their individual rights, their sexual rights, their individuality is being
> undermined, their existence is being eroded," she queried.
> 
> Mrs Touray complained that Gambian women are being marginalised even though
> they constitute 51 per cent of the population. She said women have been
> contributing to all aspects of the socio-economic development of the country.
> She also complained about the slow pace of justice in cases involving women.
> 
> "There are certain things that are happening, which if they happen to a
> specific group who are not women, will prompt immediate response. In this
> case, since... we have not heard any statement yet neither from people who
> matter excepts the police who have been interviewed by the BBC or whatever,
> giving out the state of the issue.
> 
> Women are being threatened and I am telling you that every Gambian women for
> that matter is threatened and is actually thinking of some other things. I
> wonder if this will not be translated into negative votes in the next coming
> elections, because women have right to self-determination," Mrs Touray said.
> 'What should not happen Should not happen' Contacted for comments on the
> Monday attacks, the Vocal State House imam, Alhaji Abdoulie Fatty, said, "I
> do not want to comment at the moment because I do not have any idea about
> what happened.
> 
> " However, Imam Fatty said, "We all want peace and stability in this country.
> We all want to go to bed in peace and wake up in peace and live with our
> family. Nobody wants to be a refugee. That has really scared me a lot, but
> being government or individuals, we should all try and do our work. We should
> ensure that what should happen should happen, what should not happen should
> not happen." But Imam Fatty said he totally condemns prostitution in the
> country. Bar owner In a separate development, Ajaratou Mansaray Conteh, a
> Sierra Leonean refugee and owner of All Ice International, said the Monday
> attackers vandalised her bar.
> 
> She added that the attackers also went to her apartment and threatened to
> kill her after vandalising the apartment. She explained, "The boys said they
> have a message from the authorities that they should burn the motels and the
> bars, because this country is a Muslim country. I said we are paying tax. The
> boys said you are a foreigner, we will kill you. You are making money on our
> heads. I said no problem." Update Meanwhile, at least 64 people have been
> arrested in connection with the rampage. Among them were 20 non-Gambians.
> 
> Most of the detainees have been held at Kairaba police station. Police
> insiders said they are looking for more people and that their investigations
> were progressing well. The police insider said their investigations revealed
> that although the attacks were an organised crime, there was no link to any
> religious movement as speculated by many people. The police source also
> confirmed those 13 bars and motels were attacked; three were burnt down, six
> seriously vandalised.
> 
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