Pope:
Great Job on the petition and website!
Abdoulaye
Pope Pope wrote:
>
> Hi people
> I have finally finished the work on the online e-mail petition form and it
> is fully functional now. You can find it at http://www.gambia.f2s.com under
> the Petitions section. This is a fully automated form that will send your
> petition letter to over 60 organizations just by the click of a button. So
> as you can see there is no need to send me any messages to add your name to
> the petiton letter. Just go ahead to the website and send it with the
> default petition letter or customize it to your liking.
>
> All those who sent me a message to add their names to the petition letter,
> please go to http://www.gambia.f2s.com/Petition/petitions.html and
> personally send the petition letter.
>
> I had to change the petition letter a little bit (from third to first
> person). See below. if further changes need to be made, just let me know and
> I'll change it on the website.
>
> And finally I do apologize, cause I had promised to have the site ready I
> think it was two days ago. But after u visit the site, am sure you'll
> appreciate the amount of work that went into it. Thanks all, especially
> Jabou
>
> Pope
> YN
>
> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I am writing to bring to your notice the tragic events that took place in
> The Republic of the Gambia on April 10th. and 11th., when security forces
> opened fire on unarmed student and civilian demonstrators killing 14 people,
> including Omar Barrow, a Red Cross volunteer and journalist. These deaths
> occurred as students went on a demonstration to protest against the torture
> and murder of a fellow student Ebrima Barry by Fire Service personnel, and
> the rape of a 13-year old school girl, Binta Manneh, by a police officer.
> Hundreds of students have since been arrested and distraught parents do not
> know whether their children are among the dead or imprisoned.
>
> I am writing as a concerned citizen, to respectfully request you and your
> organization to keep pressure on the Government of The Gambia to
> immediately:
>
> Instruct the Gambian security forces to halt all excessive use of force
> against civilians;
>
> Release all the students currently under detention;
>
> Release the names of those killed and release their bodies to their
> relatives for proper burial;
>
> Launch an independent inquiry into the shootings and circumstances
> surrounding it;
>
> Ensure that all security personnel found to have used excessive force
> resulting in human rights abuses will be fully dealt with according to the
> provisions of the law;
>
> Instruct the Gambian security forces to exercise maximum restraint towards
> students protesting the deaths of their friends and schoolmates;
>
> Ensure that those responsible for the murder of Ebrima Barry and the rape of
> Binta Manneh are prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law without undue
> delay;
>
> Ensure that all security personnel and the Gambian government abide by the
> constitution of The Republic of The Gambia and the international human
> rights standards enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
> which was adopted without opposition by the United Nations General Assembly
> on December 10th., 1948.
> While awaiting your kind cooperation and support in this most urgent of
> matters, I take this opportunity to sincerely thank you and your
> organization for your concern and continued support and promotion of human
> rights around the world.
>
> Sincerely,
>
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