G-L Community:

The letter forwarded to the forum by Ebrima Ceesay from one of his
sources in The Gambia is finely written.  I suggest, (pending approval
from the author) that we adopt it as a petition letter which we will
sign and address to Prime Minister Blare and Foreign Secretary Cook.

Ebrima:  Could you seek the necessary permission from your source?  And
if it is ok, I suggest that one of the computer experts on the forum
take care of the technical part of setting up the petition. Thanks.

Abdoulaye

Ebrima Ceesay wrote:
>
> Gambia-L:
>
> Another mail from a source. It is addressed to Robin Cook.
>
> Ebrima
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: My protest note to Robin Cook
> >
> >
> >Ebrima,
> >Below Is my letter to the British Foreign Minister. I did not address a
> >letter to the British High Commissioner in Banjul for obvious reasons.
> >According to the auto reply from the FCOs web site, the comments will be
> >passed to te relevant department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
> >       ____________________
> >
> >Dear Mr. Cook,
> >             Re: THE GAMBIA: UK's RESUMPTION OF MILITARY COOPERATION
> >I am writing to express deep concern about the recent decision of the
> >British Government to resume military cooperation with the Government of
> >The Gambia after a seven-year suspension.
> >
> >This decision is coming at a time when the Jammeh regime is demonstrating
> >increasing intolerance towards legitimate and peaceful oppositon to his
> >regime.  His most recent show of intolerance is the April massacre of at
> >least a dozen defenceless students who were demonstrating peacefully
> >against the murder of one student at the hands of personnel of the Fire
> >department and the raping of a school girl by a member of Jammeh's security
> >forces. Your Government's decision to resume military assistance, in the
> >view of many Gambians, will onlycontribute further to the repression of
> >defenceless Gambians at the hands of the military.
> >
> >Your Ethical Foreign Policy raised hopes of the oppressed in the Gambia and
> >in other parts of the world where human rights abuses are common.  With the
> >resumption of military cooperation with regimes like the one in The Gambia,
> >these hopes seem to have been dashed unless a review of the decision is
> >undertaken with a view to reversing it.
> >
> >What the Gambia needs now more than ever is development assistance that
> >will address the acute level of poverty prevailing in the country rather
> >than arming the repressive regime of yahya Jammeh.
> >
> >For your information, I have addressed a similar letter to the British
> >Prime Minister.
> >
> >Yours sincerely,
> >
> >A CONCERNED GAMBIAN
> >
>
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