Hi Jabou,
I read your revealations on the above subject with utter dismay. And
suspicion. Talking about a "Jammeh list" of individuals abroad who are not
in the good books of the APRC government, gives me a poignant reminder to
what somebody at State House told me earlier this year: there exists a list
of Gambians abroad who are deemed "enemies" of the APRC government. My
informant alleged that the List emanated from the State House. He also
cautioned me not to visit The Gambia because he said my NAME was also on
this List. There is no way I can verify this information; but when I mail in
my passport to the Gambian embassy for renewal in a few months time,it will
be clear if I will be meted out a treatment similar to what was done to
those you mentioned in your expose'. Let's see.
Cherno B. Jallow
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
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>Subject: Jammeh's government seizing Gambian passports
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:30:18 EDT
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>Folks,
>
>It seems that the Jammeh government has now taken to essentially
>terminating
>the birthright of citizenship of some Gambians abroad by seizing their
>passports when they go to renew them at Gambian embassies abroad.
>l have first hand evidence, not based on heresay or rumour, but received
>direct from the individuals that this has happened to. The said individual
>is
>a close friend from childhood, and is currently in the employ of a major
>international organization here in the U.S..A year or two ago, this
>individual's passport, along with that of his wife and children. expired.
>He
>sent the passports, along with a check to cover the costs of renewal, to
>the
>Gambian embassy in Washington D.C. After an unusually long time had
>elapsed,
>and the passports were not returned to them, he placed a call to the
>embassy
>to make enquiries from then ambassador Krispin Grey Johnson, who he went
>to
>high school with, and whom he also ran track with at St Augustine's high
>school, and considered a friend.He was told that the ambassador was not
>available to speak with him, nor was he available after several other
>calls.
>He was finally told that the ambassador had seized the passports and
>mailed
>them back to Gambia because he was on Jammeh's list. This included not
>only
>his own passport, but that of his wife and children, right down to the
>then
>5 year old child. Sometime after receiving this news, his check was mailed
>back to him, and he said that ambassador Johnson continued to avoid his
>phone calls until the day he left the country. This family now has to use
>travel documents issued to them by the international organization they work
>for in order to travel.l have been told of at least two other individuals
>who have had their passports seized when they have gone to the embassy to
>renew them. The Gambian embassy in D.C who are subscribers to this list
>(albeit ghost subscribers) know very well that the case in point l am
>referring to is 100% true.
>This information is even more startling if you consider the fact that
>this
>individual resigned from his position almost 10 years before the Jawara
>regime ended, due to the fact that he felt his professional judgements
>were
>not being respected, and he did not want to compromise his professional
>credibility.He then started a consultancy firm of his own, and infact was
>refused contracts by Jawara's government for years as punishment for his
>having resigned. He depended on outside sources for years. He hasn't a
>clue
>why he is on anyone's list or why.
>
>
>Jabou Joh
>
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