Malik

I think this is a brilliant move from you. Dumo's Case
should be highlighted to the authorities again, that
Justice delayed is Justice Denied.

One other point we should consider is this business of
sending out a petition to the Gambian authorities,
demanding the immediate release of Dumo and Co.

Just a thought

Have a




--- malik kah <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Saiks, I
think we should organise demonstrations in
> all Gambian Embassies to
> highlight the injustice meted to these lot. I am
> willing to organise from
> this end in London, I hope brothers and sisters in
> the diaspora will respond
> so that we can select a date and express our disgust
> at the way these
> alleged coup plotters are being treated. I think it
> is about time for
> something drastic to happen instead of just
> whingeing we should now be
> proactive.
> Malik
>
> >From: saikss <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: FREE DUMO SAHO AND THE REST
> >Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:47:48 +0200
> >
> >This mail should have been posted since yesterday
> and because of the hectic
> >weekend with many demonstrations against the World
> Bank in Oslo, the whole
> >of
> >the weekend and yesterday there was very little
> time to do it.
> >It was two years yesterday, since Dumo Saho was
> arrested, detained and late
> >charged with planning to overthrow the government
> among other things.
> >I have never been convince that there is any amount
> of truth in what is
> >been
> >said and the fact that the State is still unable to
> make sure that the case
> >is
> >being heard in court and justice be done, is enough
> evidence for me. The
> >fact
> >that this State is responsible for holding citizens
> of the country in
> >custody
> >and refused to take heed to both national and
> international opinion on the
> >case dose not only unveil, the police state
> character of the APRC
> >government, that can hold both the judiciary and
> simple common sense in
> >contempt, but also the hypocrisy we see in all of
> their politics. The ex
> >president, whose government was over thrown,
> accused of economic
> >mismanagement
> >and the political, cultural and economic
> marginalization of the Gambian
> >people
> >and nation, is been given amnesty in the name of
> “reconcialtion”by the APRC
> >government. This is the same government using
> political power to hold in
> >custody citizens of the country for 24 months and
> one day without any fair
> >trail. Dumo was arrested for days without his
> family and legal adviser
> >being
> >informed, without being brought before any court or
> charged, the State even
> >denied having them under custody and did so only
> after many pressure work
> >including legal actions.
> >There will be no economic progress in the country
> without respect for the
> >rule
> >of law; we can never do away with poverty without
> respect for the rule of
> >law.
> >I am so certain of this that much of the economic
> declarations from the
> >state,
> >the many dreams and visions of prosperous Gambia
> with the APRC government,
> >are
> >stories that I don’t even allow to be entertain
> with, they don’t belong to
> >a
> >state that behaves more or less like a police
> State.
> >It will be in the interest of progress and humanity
> for the State to have
> >respect for the rule of law. To release Dumo and
> the rest from detention
> >will
> >be a sign of this, no law, no court of law could
> hold them under detention
> >for
> >so long without trail, it is only political power
> that can do so. Many
> >political powers have been responsible for their
> own downfall, when they
> >believed that through detention, torture etc they
> can silence and control
> >the
> >minds of their citizens, they do end up achieving
> the very opposite. To
> >free
> >Dumo and the rest is also in the interest of the
> progress, FREE THEM NOW.
> >
> >For Freedom
> >Saiks
> >
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