Dr. Katim Touray:

Your letter to professor Mazrui concerning President
Jammeh's visit is very welcome at this moment in time.
Considering the dis-orientation the L suffered as a
consequence of ALIEU S. KEITA's emergence on the L. We
have lost track of other essential issues at hand. But
now, with your letter to Professor Mazrui, we now seem
to be back on track. Please, I think you should
contact George Sarr to also come with email protest
letters to Chicago University.

Landing Jatta


--- "Katim S. Touray" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Following is my e-mail to Prof. Ali Mazrui, who will
> be giving the lecture that
> President Jammeh will probably be attending at
> Chicago State Univ.  I called his
> office to follow-up, and was told by his secretary
> that she received it, and
> will print it out for him to read.
>
> Also, I contacted the Chicago Tribune newspaper, and
> spoke with their Deputy
> Foreign Editor.  He told me that they are aware of
> the upcoming lecture, and
> will be covering it.  He also provided me the phone
> and fax numbers, and e-mail
> address of their reporter on that story.  I will be
> preparing a press release
> over the weekend, and send it out to him and other
> parties in time them to
> consider it in their coverage of the lecture and
> dinner.
>
> Also, you can get information about the lecture and
> dinner at the Chicago State
> Univ. Web site http://www.csu.edu/SpEvents/ or call
> their Office of
> International Programs (OIP) at (773) 995-2582 and
> their e-mail address is
> [log in to unmask]  In addition, the President's Office is
> at (773) 995-2400, and
> their e-mail address is [log in to unmask]
>
> I guess that's about it for now.  Have a great
> weekend, and best wishes.
>
> Katim
>
> ---------------  Start of excerpt of e-mail to Prof.
> azrui  -----------------------
>
> Dear Professor Mazrui,
>
> I am writing in regards your upcoming lecture at
> Chicago State University.  I
> would first like to congratulate you on your
> selection as the first person to be
> honored to deliver the Adulsalami A. Abubakar
> Distinguished Lecture on an
> all-important topic, and before such an august
> gathering.  I believe this honor
> bestowed on you as a tribute to your tireless and
> noble efforts at bringing an
> educated and sensitive African perspective to
> Americans, and indeed the entire
> world.  I hope and pray that God gives you long life
> and good health to enable
> you continue to provide your invaluable service to
> humanity.
>
> I am also writing to bring your attention to the
> record of President Yahya
> Jammeh of The Gambia.  It is my understanding that
> he was invited to attend the
> lecture and dinner, and for this reason, I thought I
> should write to provide you
> details about the record of his administration since
> he came to power via a
> military coup d'etat in 1994.  As a Gambian, it is
> my duty to contribute to
> efforts to educating the world about how President
> Jammeh has ravaged democracy
> and the rule of law in The Gambia.  I believe it is
> especially important that
> his record be considered because it will show that
> he does not belong in
> gatherings aimed at furthering democracy and good
> governance in Africa.
>
> What the record shows is that President Jammeh has
> been the stereotypical case
> of the African dream shattered; a young leader that
> starts off full of promises,
> and ends up the nightmare no one imagined possible.
> I sincerely hope that as
> you prepare and deliver your lecture, you think of
> the many Gambians that have
> fallen victim to the excesses of the Jammeh
> government.  Like those Gambian
> families that to this day don't know how their loved
> ones died, or those that
> know that their children were shot while
> demonstrating, but are yet to get
> justice, or those that are still waiting for the day
> when their loved ones will
> be released from illegal detention.
>
> The tragedy of President Jammeh's rule is best
> depicted by pictures of Gambian
> students still recuperating from injuries sustained
> in the student
> demonstrations last April in which up to 12 people
> died.  You can find these
> pictures on the Web at http://www.mygambia.org
>
> Appended below are highlights of many examples of
> abuse of human rights,
> corruption, and assaults on the Gambian press
> perpetrated by the Jammeh
> government since coming to power.  I have also
> included a list of additional
> references you might want to consult for more
> information about the situation in
> The Gambia.
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact me either by
> e-mail or phone if you need
> additional information from me.  Thank you very much
> for your consideration, and
> I wish you all the best in your endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Katim S. Touray
>
> ------------------  Start of Info about President
> Jammeh's
> ecord  ----------------------
> by Katim S. Touray ([log in to unmask])
> Madison, WI.
> February 16, 2001
>
> ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
> The Jammeh governments have also had a remarkable
> record of abusing human and
> democratic rights and press freedoms.  For example:
>
> 1.  The 1999 Amnesty International Annual Report on
> The Gambia stated that the
> government detained at least 20 prisoners of
> conscience, and at least three
> prisoners were reported to have been tortured.
>
> 2.  Decree 89, which banned politicians active
> before the 1994 coup is still in
> effect.  The Decree was introduced by the military
> before the transfer of power
> to civilian rule, and has been used by the APRC
> government to prevent their
> opponents from contesting elections in the Gambia.
>
> 3.  In April 2000, demonstrating Gambian students
> were shot at by Jammeh's
> security forces, resulting in the death of about 12
> people, including a
> journalist who was also a Red Cross/Red Crescent
> volunteer helping the injured.
> To add salt to injury, the government last month
> rejected recommendations of the
> Commission of Inquiry into the student
> demonstrations and findings of the
> Coroner's Inquest into the fatal shootings.
> Furthermore, some students injured
> in the shootings were sent back to The Gambia from
> Egypt, because the government
> did not provide them adequate funding for their
> medical treatment.
>
> 4.  There are a number of unresolved allegations or
> murders and illegal
> detentions by the Jammeh government.  To name a few:
> the Jammeh government is
> yet to fully investigate the death of the former
> Secretary of State for Finance,
> Ousman "Koro" Ceesay.  In addition, Dumo Saho,
> Ebrima Yarbo, and others continue
> to languish in jail on trumped-up charges of
> plotting to overthrow the Jammeh
> government.
>
> CORRUPTION
> President Jammeh is yet to provide a satisfactory
> response to a number of
> allegations of corruption and embezzlement on his
> part, or those of his
> officials.  Among these are:
>
> 1.  Diverting a $35 million loan from The Republic
> of China (Taiwan) to The
> Gambia to private accounts.
>
> 2.  Diverting proceeds from the sale of Nigerian
> crude oil to a Swiss bank
> account.  In April, 1999, Chantrils SA, a subsidiary
> of Swiss-based oil traders
> Glencore, successfully sued the Gambian government
> in London's High Court for
> breaching a contract to sell crude oil on behalf of
> The Gambia.  According to
> documents made public in the trial, Chantrils SA
> contracted to sell 20,000
>
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