Yero, yes am aware of the fundraising with Banka.. that seems to be a one
time designed to help relief the family while Baba is away...
This idea is actually a broad base funding for ALL prisioners of
conscience... it would be a permanent fund drive if we can get it moving...
It is only an idea thrown on the table.. Do we think it is a viable idea
doesn't matter where it comes from... if yes, let's show hands... if not
the fight against impunity continuous.
thanks
Demba
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Yero Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Mawdo Demba et al;
>
> Great points.
>
> With regards to the fundraising, I suggest that any interested in
> continuing this effort should link with those who are already doing the
> drives, in the persons of Banka Manneh and Baba Hydara last time I checked.
> It is proper that we don't operate in small scattered chunks.
>
> Nyang's points below are worth noting and regardless, we still have to
> pursue justice to whatever level we must.
>
> Best regards,
> Yero
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:44:51 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]
>
> Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200
> pledge?????
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Lamin,
>
> Not only are we confronting the Prefessor at the Courts but we are also
> confronting those sitting in the courts. How dare they go down in history
> as ruling on continuous detention of citizens? What would that say about
> them sitting on those courts? Not that we expect them to rule in our favor
> but they will be forced to take a stand....
>
> Everyone of them will be accountable for their own action and will pay for
> it in one way or another... I say let the brave men and women on those
> courts tuck in their tails and succumb to the professor... Their days will
> come as well like Moses Richards...
>
> thanks
>
> Demba
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> Good question Nyang, but it is absolutely vital that the Professor is
> confronted in the courts, and that the spotlight is shone on the judiciary.
> I understand your cynicism completely, but absent exceptional
> circumstances, exhaustion of domestic recourse is a prerequisite to
> admissibility of ECOWAS Court action
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 21 March 2013, 22:43
>
> *Subject:* Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds
> $200 pledge?????
>
> Good suggestion Demba, but if i may ask, what outcome do you expect out of
> a court action by even a team of 20 lawyers? I may agree that such an
> action may server to raise the plight of Imam Baba Leigh to the forefront
> of current national discourse, but what efect or result do yo expect from
> such an actio?
> I think the case will just be dismissed by the courts or the respondents
> simply play innocence just like they did and is still doing in the cases of
> Rambo Jatta, Kanyiba Kanyi and Ebrima Manneh.
>
> *From:* Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:41 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds
> $200 pledge?????
>
> Yus & Lamin,
>
> Here is how I think Imam Baba Leigh can be adequately represented in
> Gambia without anybody being arrested... I think a group of lawyers can
> sign up to represent him as a group.. say the Bar Association appointing 10
> defense lawyers to file a case at the high court.. or 10 brave independent
> lawyers come together and sign up to file a case to be heard at the high
> court.
>
> At the very least I don't think they can or will arrest all 10 lawyers for
> simply representing a citizen....
>
> Another suggestion I have to practically support this case is to urge
> Gambians to come up with contributions for Imam Leigh's defense fund... I
> would pledge $200 to this fund and if we have 100 - 200 Gambians pledging
> minimum of $100 dollars we are looking at $40,000 almost D1.3 million
> dalasis for defense fund... Do we have this commitment from our fellow
> Gambians on this list to do this project... anybody can lead this effort...
> from Europe, US, and anywhere around the world...
>
> Can we do this, any suggestion from anybody...
>
> Thanks
>
> Demba
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> Yusupha
>
> The ECOWAS Court is indeed an option, but the Constitution itself offers a
> powerful tool to demand Imam Baba Leigh's release from custody. Do you know
> anything about the allegation that the family wants no recourse to law in
> order "not to offend" Professor Jammeh.
>
> Imam Baba Leigh is no ordinary Gambian and so my money is still on the
> supposition he is alive.
>
> Like you, I am overwhelmed by his continued disappearance but where is his
> congregation? Will anyone taking up his case in The Gambia, including a
> legal representative, be arrested, abducted, or disappeared? This is not
> inconceivable, and my question remain how we stop fellow citizens from
> forcefully disappearing in the country? If we can solve this problem, we
> are home free!
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
> *From:* Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 15:03
>
> *Subject:* Re: [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh
>
> LJD:
> I think we have to mobilize the resources to file a case against the
> dictator to produce Imam Baba Leigh. There is indisputable evidence that he
> was abducted by the agents of the state. Let's put pressure on the dictator
> in the most meaningful way. This case has to be taken to the ECOWAS court
> of law or any international court that will accept the case. This way we
> make it clear to him that concrete action will be taken against these type
> of arbitrary disappearances any time they happen; and that he will have to
> account for these people whether he is in or out of the State House.
>
> Thanks
> Yusupha
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> Thanks Yusupha, and my main interest lies in your first point:
>
> Why the silence about this man's disappearance? Doesn't it affect
> your
> conscience that a man with kids as young as eight can simply be
> taken away
> from his family yet Gambians all over the world aren't up in
> arms about this?
> Does any society that has a collective conscience allow this to
> happen?
>
> I note YJ's arguments, but the theater for these abductions is The Gambia.
> Not a day goes by without my thinking about your above, but in all honesty,
> I am overwhelmed. I'm sure many Gambians have "conscience" but how do
> we energize that "conscience" to protect each other from killings,
> abductions, and arbitrary arrests. A solution to this issue means we are
> more than 90% nearer our liberation target.
>
> Any practical ideas on your point number 1?
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
>
>
> *From:* Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 20:25
> *Subject:* [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh
>
> The man has been held incommunicado for over 3 months now. His family
> and his friends have not heard a word from him in this time. I have a few
> questions about this:
>
> 1. Why the silence about this man's disappearance? Doesn't it affect your
> conscience that a man with kids as young as eight can simply be taken away
> from his family yet Gambians all over the world aren't up in arms about
> this? Does any society that has a collective conscience allow this to
> happen?
>
> 2. What has Imam Baba Leigh done to deserve such a fate? No charges have
> been read against him, absolutely nothing.
>
> I believe we reap what we sow as a society. I am of the opinion that we
> will all be punished by the almighty if we don't take concrete action about
> what has happened to this man.
>
> Thanks
> Yusupha
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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