Karim,
Take it easy. Don't raise your blood pressure unnecessarily. Don't worry too
much about Palm trees and beads. Those are distractions.
Haroun Al Khairawan. MQDT. Darbo.
In a message dated 10/10/2007 11:13:53 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Baba
Do not be surprise that young quarter baked secretary of state is not sack
within days to remember. She is not a season lawyer and have no bakground in
the legal practice. Everything in that country is Yahya Jammeh. It is a sad
that a mentally sick person like Yahya Jammeh because he has our nation's arms
under his disposal have reduce the life of our people to virtual
slavery.Reading Gambia Journal this morning before going to university is indicating
anothermadness about a palm tree in state house about his miracle powers reported
by his propaganda and sensational news machinery-Gambia Radio and
Relevision. When will tthis madness stop?
Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
RSF writes: "Police had wanted more time to examine the case and obtain the
opinion of the justice ministry about whether to take proceedings against
them."
Neither the police nor the justice ministry has any power whatsoever over
the continued harrassment or release of these people. We have a situation in
The Gambia where all power resides in the president and only he can
determine whether these people are released or arraigned before a court. And
if they are arraigned before a court, the court can only proceed according
to the whims of the president. Amesty International and RSF should note this
fact about today's Gambia. Everything proceeds only according to "orders
from above."
Baba
>From: RSF Africa / RSF Afrique
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: GAMBIA - Two Amnesty International researchers an d a journalist
>arrested and harassed while visiti ng detention centres / GAMBIE - Deux
>chercheurs d 'Amnesty International et un journaliste arrêt és puis
>harcelés alors qu'ils visitaient des centres de détention
>Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:46:20 +0200
>
>English / Français
>
>Reporters Without Borders
>Press release
>
>10 October 2007
>
>GAMBIA
>
>Two Amnesty International researchers and a journalist arrested and
>harassed while visiting detention centres
>
>Reporters Without Borders today condemned the harassment of two Amnesty
>International researchers and a Gambian journalist, who were arrested and
>detained for three days before being released on bail, pending possible
>legal proceedings.
>
>The worldwide press freedom organisation joined Amnesty International in
>urging the Gambian authorities to immediately and unconditionally clear
>all three of any wrong-doing.
>
>The deputy director of Amnesty’s Africa programme, Tania Bernath, a
>British-American national and her Nigerian colleague, Ameen Ayobele, were
>arrested at Basse in the east of the country on 6 October along with Yaya
>Dampha, a journalist on the opposition daily Foroyaa.
>
>They were heading to the town of Fatoto, after visiting Ousman Jatta,
>“Rambo”, in detention, an opposition supporter unfairly imprisoned for
>nearly a year.
>
>The three were taken to police HQ in the capital Banjul on 8 October,
>released on bail in the evening but told to report to the police the
>following day. Bernath and Ayobele have both had their passports
>confiscated.
>
>“President Yahya Jammeh’s government holds one of the worst records in
>Africa in terms of unfair arrests and outrageous accusations,” Reporters
>Without Borders said.
>
>“The Amnesty International researchers and Yaya Dampha were arrested
>because they were doing their job, investigating the failure to respect
>human and civil rights in Gambian prisons. This led to coercive, harassing
>and illegal measures, which the authorities should end as quickly as
>possible.”
>
>Lawyer for the three, Lamine Camara, said they had been told to report to
>police again tomorrow. Police had wanted more time to examine the case and
>obtain the opinion of the justice ministry about whether to take
>proceedings against them.
>
>--------
>
>GAMBIE
>
>Deux chercheurs d'Amnesty International et un journaliste arrêtés puis
>harcelés alors qu'ils visitaient des centres de détention
>
>Reporters sans frontières dénonce le harcèlement dont sont victimes deux
>chercheurs de l'organisation Amnesty International et un journaliste
>gambien, arrêtés le 6 octobre 2007 et maintenus en détention pendant trois
>jours, avant d'être libérés sous caution dans l'attente d'une décision sur
>l'opportunité de les poursuivre en justice.
>
>"Le gouvernement du président Yahya Jammeh détient l'un des palmarès les
>plus fournis d'Afrique en termes d'arrestations arbitraires et
>d'accusations extravagantes. Les chercheurs d'Amnesty International et
>Yaya Dampha ont été arrêtés parce qu'ils faisaient leur métier,
>c'est-à-dire enquêter sur l'Etat de non-droit qui règne dans les prisons
>gambiennes. Cela vaut à ces témoins gênants des mesures coercitives,
>vexatoires et illégales, auxquelles les autorités doivent mettre fin au
>plus vite", a déclaré l'organisation.
>
>La directrice ajointe du programme Afrique d'Amnesty International, Tania
>Bernath, de nationalité américano-britannique, et son collaborateur
>nigérian, Ameen Ayobele, ont été arrêtés le 6 octobre à 18 heures à Basse
>(Est), en compagnie de Yaya Dampha, journaliste du quotidien d'opposition
>Foroyaa. Ils se dirigeaient vers la ville de Fatoto, après avoir rencontré
>en détention un certain Ousman Jatta dit "Rambo", un partisan de
>l'opposition détenu arbitrairement depuis près d'un an. Transférés au
>siège de la police à Banjul, la capitale, le 8 octobre, ils ont été
>relâchés sous caution dans la soirée, avec pour instruction de se
>présenter le lendemain à la police.
>
>Les passeports de Tania Bernath et Ameen Ayobele ont été confisqués. Les
>trois personnes doivent se présenter de nouveau à la police le 11 octobre,
>a affirmé leur avocat, Lamine Camara. La police souhaite avoir plus de
>temps pour examiner leur cas et obtenir un avis du ministère de la Justice
>sur l'opportunité de poursuites, selon la même source.
>
>Reporters sans frontières se joint à l'appel d'Amnesty International aux
>autorités gambiennes, afin que leurs deux collaborateurs et le journaliste
>soient blanchis "immédiatement et sans conditions".
>
>__________________________________________
>
>Leonard VINCENT
>Bureau Afrique / Africa desk
>Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders
>47, rue Vivienne
>75002 Paris, France
>Tel : (33) 1 44 83 84 76
>Fax : (33) 1 45 23 11 51
>Email : [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask]
>Web : www.rsf.org
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>
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