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]>
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>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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