Hi folks,

A big "Thank you!" to Maila, Malanding Jaiteh and Co. for attending the meeting with
Amb. McDonald, and expressing our concerns about the situation in The Gambia to him.
And thanks also to James Gomez, Jr. for helping organize the meeting, as well as to
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Rev. Jesse Jackson for their concern about events in The
Gambia.  Please keep up the great work!

Katim

----- Original Message -----
From: Maila Touray <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:57 AM
Subject: Meeting with the new US Ambassador


> As we adamantly monitors events leading up to Gambia's Presidential
> election, Concerned Gambian Residents in the USA, met with the new US
> Ambassador to Gambia, Mr. Mcdonald, at the State Department. During the
> almost, two hour briefing, a seven-page PETITION FOR HELP IN BUILDING A
> BETTER GAMBIA, was handed to the Ambassador and after giving a brief
> background and comparison on Gambian socio-political/economic history, a
> quarter of
> the time was spent on the lack of good governance, tolerance,
> accountability, misuse of power and privilege, abrogation of law and
> order, illegal detention and torture of citizens, constant intimidation
> of the press and opposition parties and the upcoming presidential
> election.

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