Ghana pursues killing of 50 immigrants in Gambia

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana says it is sending a team of investigators to
the Gambia soon to ask for assistance from President Yahya Jammeh for
investigations into the death of some 50 immigrants, including 44 Ghanaians,
who were allegedly murdered by Gambian security forces about two years ago.

Ghanaian authorities have raised the matter with President Jammeh at the
highest level but have received no cooperation and reports indicate that
Ghana has sent a strongly-worded letter to President Jammeh asking for his
country's cooperation, warning that inaction could negatively impact their
bilateral relations.

The director of the Legal Bureau at the Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Regional Co-operation and NEPAD, Odoi Anim said the team of investigators
would visit the Gambia in August.

He said a Ghanaian investigating team that was in Gambia earlier, identified
the place of the murders and the boat on which the victims were travelling
before their abduction and subsequent killing.

"We saw where the gentlemen have been murdered. Yes 44 plus people died...we
have identified positively eight Ghanaians. Their family members have been
notified...the preliminary investigations show they died of shock and
trauma," Odoi Anim said on a radio programme in Accra.

Gambia has denied that any Ghanaian had been murdered but the Commonwealth
Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has been digging deep into the murders and
demanding answers from Gambian authorities.

CHRI and Ghanaian civil society organisations have also asked the Ghana
government to take concrete action to establish the facts and demand justice
and compensation.

CHRI has said it would take the matter to the Commonwealth Heads of
Government meeting scheduled for Uganda in November and also the UN Human
Rights Council.

Human rights activists believe that threats of demonstrations against the
Gambian leader in the just-ended African Union summit apparently forced him
to stay away.

Accra - 07/07/2007
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