The criminality of the APRC regime goes on, the thuggery of the vogabonds in
Power (VIPs) continues unabated. Who are the demons responsible for the
frequent abductions and tortures? Of course, these crimes are sanctioned by
Yahya Jammeh but they are always masterminded by an uncle of his, whose
notorious name is AK 47. He is the leader of the torture squad at the NIA
but the victims never see his face.
I will tell you more about him that i gatherred from sources within the NIA.

The yoke of oppression must be shattered!

BMK


>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: The Plight of Alhagi Mbye
>Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 21:10:36 +0000
>
>Folks, below is the end result of the handy work of the NIA on Alhaji Mbye.
>This is the kind of stuff that Gambians are put through daily.  So, it is
>inconceivable at this most trying of times for most Gambians, why people
>would rush to sympathize with this brutal cartel.  Whom ever wants to join
>the APRC caravan, it is your right, but this is what you are cosigning.
>You
>can rationalize your new love for the APRC any how you want, however, in
>the
>end you will be seen as supporting these kinds of human rights violations.
>You cannot sympathize with both the victim and the victor in this case.
>
>Joe
>
>
>
>
>Culled From The Point
>
>Alhagie Mbye Released, Editor Alleges Torture
>
>The London- based West Africa Magazine Banjul correspondent, Alhagie Mbye,
>who is also with the Independent Newspaper, has been released from NIA
>custody after spending a week in detention. Mbye, who has been languishing
>in custody without access to his colleagues who made several attempts to
>reach him, was released yesterday morning.
>
>Speaking to The Point yesterday, Alagi Yerro Jallow, the Managing Editor of
>The Independent, alleged that Mbye was subjected to torture while in NIA
>custody. “Well, he was tortured physically and mentally. According to him
>he
>was released at 7 O’clock Thursday and dumped beside the NIA headquarters.
>“He said he was thrown away beside the NIA headquarters and could not
>walk,”
>Jallow told this paper. According to Yerro Jallow, Mbye was later found
>lying by a friend who rushed him to the Kololi clinic for medical check-
>up.
>Reacting to Mbye’s encounter with NIA Managing Editor Jallow said, “I felt
>very shocked when I saw him.”
>
>While criticising the NIA for defying the court order which required them
>to
>produce the detained journalist yesterday (Thursday) before the court,
>Jallow added that the NIA should respect court orders at all times. “ I
>will
>have confidence in the judiciary. I hope Mbye will appear in court to
>narrate his ordeal,” he concluded. Meanwhile, the High Court yesterday
>ordered the Attonery- General and Secretary of State for Justice, Joseph
>Joof, to produce reporter Alhagie Mbye, latest today (Friday) at 10 am. The
>court order follows a non compliance of a court order which required the
>NIA
>Director- General to produce Mbye before the High Court on Thursday.
>Handing
>down his ruling yesterday, High Court Judge Justice A.O. Belgore, expressed
>concern over the NIA’s failure to comply with the court order which
>required
>them to produce the detained journalist. “This is not a healthy situation
>in
>a democratic country,” the high court judge observed, while ordering
>justice
>secretary, Joseph Joof, to produce Alhagie Mbye latest today.
>
>Addressing the court at the commencement of the proceedings, senior state
>counsel Enoma Osaikhuwu said while he was at the Supreme Court he was
>informed by principal state counsel Joseph Wowo that Alhagie Mbye had been
>released. “I am dismayed that the applicant is not in court at this
>moment,”
>said state counsel Osaikhuwa, adding that he later went to the NIA but was
>told that they were on briefing. He added that he tried to reach the Deputy
>NIA Director on his mobile phone without success. At this point the judge
>asked, “What was the order?” In response, state counsel Osaikhuwu said,
>“The
>order was to produce Alhajie Mabye.
>
>High Court judge Belgore then retorted by telling Osaikhuwu, “We are in a
>democracy where freedom of an individual is cherished,” adding that he
>would
>not sit and watch the court order being flouted. In her address lawyer Amie
>Bensouda, who appeared for Alhagie Mbye, said contrary to state counsel
>Osaikhuwu’s statement to the court, she believed that Mbye was still not
>released. “ We have tried to contact him. He is neither at his home nor at
>his work place and somebody else is answering his mobile,” Mrs. Bensouda
>told the court.
>
>She added that she was surprised that state counsel Osaikhuwu was making
>reference to another state counsel, where there is an Attonery- General
>whom
>she argued is expected to defend and uphold the rule of law. Consequently,
>lawyer Bensouda called on the presiding judge to order the NIA Director-
>General, Kebba Cessay, to appear in court to show cause as to why he (Mr.
>Ceesay) should not be tried for contempt. “ No officer, no matter how high,
>are not above the law. The Constitution of this country is supreme and all
>officers are duty bound to obey it,” Lawyer Bensouda stated.
>
>
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