Juwara's stay in Mile Two depends on what Gambians are willing to tolerate. Folks, we cannot cuddle a dictatorship. We have to confront them or else we are doomed to tyranny. please read on. As NDAM Leader Languishes in Mile Two Juwara Followers Threaten Hunger Strike The Independent (Banjul) October 10, 2003 Posted to the web October 13, 2003 Lamin Njie Banjul People calling themselves stalwarts of the National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM) are not taking the arrest and detention of their leader, Lamin Waa Juwara, lightly. They have declared their intention to go on hunger strike in protest over his detention, which has no basis in law. According to them, their conscience would never allow them to eat and drink, while one of their own who was putting himself up for sacrifice over the cause of national liberation is still being kept behind bars. "The proposed protest march from Westfield to State House is inevitable," they indicated. NDAM's followers said that they have reliable information that Juwara was not being subjected to physical torture, but was being denied decent food and water. "We are calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross to step in and do what is required of them. Amnesty International, the African Charter on Human and People's Rights, the Judiciary of The Gambia and the ECOWAS community should intervene to end this dehumanising treatment" they warned. They believed that the country's political elites and technocrats should demonstrate against the mal-administration of the APRC regime. "We will go on hunger strike if Juwara is not released" they threatened, calling on President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal to intervene. "Chaos in here is also chaos in Senegal," they warned. Meanwhile Pa Manneh, the national youth president of the party said that the planned protest will depend on how long the NDAM leader was going to be kept in Mile Two. "The nature of the protest boils down to his condition in prison," he pointed out. NDAM, he stressed, is not a party that will willingly allow itself to be taken for a ride. "All Imams, pastors and preachers for all the country's main religions should call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Juwara in their respective sermons," he suggested. "Juwara should be released immediately as he is not a criminal to be held without trial," he asserted. _________________________________________________________________ High-speed Internet access as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service providers in your area). Click here. https://broadband.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~