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Lamin Sanyang <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:03:40 +0000
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Ditto! You Go Sis!
Sanyang

Ceesay Soffie wrote:

in taking that step toward
>justice, then, justice against the dastardly deeds of sick men and their
>abettors, justice for the children, and for the many un-named victims of
>the
>AFPRC.
>
>Soffie
>
>
>
>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From:   Lamin Sanyang [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>                 Sent:   Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:33 AM
>                 To:     [log in to unmask]
>                 Subject:        Re: One Step Towards Justice!
>
>                 Soffie,
>                 If the message behind One Step Towards Justice is
>perceived
>by you as
>                 justice has been done, then i have failed in my
>communication skills. I have
>                 to admit that my command of the English language is highly
>limited. Justice
>                 was never served and the whole idea behind the posting is
>to
>continue to cry
>                 for justice to be done. Because no steps have been taken
>to
>date to bring
>                 the murderers to justice it is our duty to take a step
>towards justice. That
>                 step could be done by sending messages to the State House
>website tomorrow
>                 and(or)subscribing to Karamba's suggestion of a collective
>manifestation
>                 through the newspapers back home, among other efforts that
>may come to mind.
>                 One Step towards Justice is a call for Justice to be
>served!
>
>                 Sanyang.
>
>                 >From: Ceesay Soffie <[log in to unmask]>
>
>                 >To the person who originated the email of one step
>towards
>justice! and to
>                 >those who subscribe to it, Kudos!  I, for one, do not see
>any steps taken,
>                 >to date, by the perpetrators of the massacre of our
>children, towards
>                 >justice.  There has been no acknowledgement of
>wrong-doing!
>The
>                 >government's actions after the killings speak volumes
>about
>the legacy of
>                 >impunity they want to leave us.  When the rights of
>people
>to voice dissent
>                 >are abrogated, there is no justice.  When students are
>killed in broad
>                 >daylight because they dared to stand up to terror, to
>transform their lives
>                 >and their country, seeking to improve social justice,
>there
>is no step
>                 >toward justice.  The murderers were indemnified - they
>are
>walking the
>                 >streets scot-free, feeling confident that their barbaric
>acts have
>                 >succeeded
>                 >in abridging our freedoms.
>                 >
>                 >Soffie
>                 >
>                 >"We will have t repent in this generation not merely for
>the hateful words
>                 >and actions of the bad people but the appalling silence
>of
>the good
>                 >people."
>                 >Martin Luther King, Jr.
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >-----Original Message-----
>                 >From: Jungle Sunrise [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>                 >Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:45 PM
>                 >To: [log in to unmask]
>                 >Subject: Re: One Step Towards Justice!
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >Mr. Sanyang,
>                 >
>                 >To those who do not know, it was reported in the local
>papers here a few
>                 >months back that the widow and father of the late Omar
>Barrow, the redcross
>                 >volunteer who was also killed on April 10, 2000, bitterly
>complained to the
>                 >press that unscrupulous people used the late Barrow's
>name
>to set up trust
>                 >funds from which the family only benefitted D2,000.00.
>Isn't it strange
>                 >that
>                 >the family recieved only D2,000.00? Is it a case of those
>shouting from the
>                 >roof tops not putting their monies were their mouths are
>or
>a case of
>                 >unscrupulous peop! le robbing the dead?
>                 >
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