Abdou, thanks for your post and I agree that in addition to other foreign
human rights organizations, we need to liaise and support our local Human
Rights Organizations.  What I would suggest is that the individuals you
mentioned and others in the country know that Gambia-L exist and should join
in the online discussions.  We do not have a formal organization, so, it
would be easier for them to come online and we can move from there.  I think
your suggestion is a good idea and if we really want to do it we can.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: abdou sanneh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>Subject: what can we do?
>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 02:58:14 -0800
>
>The disruption of UDP congress in Brikama by Yahya
>Jammeh's political police wing-NIA is a clear signal
>that the regime do want a strong political force in
>that country.I am surprise when some elements are
>saying that he is trying.Trying what?Enriching him
>self from our national coffers.The Kombo coastal road
>project is nothing order than a loan which is going to
>make our people suffer more and more when the re
>servicing or the payment of our loan begin.Gambia is
>today confronting with massive youth unemployment.The
>regime is not willing to create ventures that can
>reduce such menace.
>Folks i know within these five years in power, Gambian
>people will witness a massive erosion of human rights
>violation as economic condition before worse and
>worse.Imagine a bag of rice is now D280 and how many
>households can afford three meals a day?With a weak
>and fragile opposition parties, I think what we need
>to do as concern Gambians in the diaspora is to
>support civil organizations such the coalition of
>human rights defenders.I respect and honour the work
>being done by folks like Muhammed Lamin Sillah, Ousman
>Manjang and Emmanuel Joof.They are working day in day
>out to voice their concern and support the people who
>are arrested, torture and detained without trials.I
>know these organisation with their non-partian nature
>needs both our moral and financial support.Our
>struggle for the restoration of democracy should not
>be focus on only cyber politics.I want brother like
>Yusupha jow, Dave Manneh, Kebba Dampha, Haruna,
>Karamba, Joe, Jabou and the rests to look into how we
>can work and collaborate with the coalition for human
>rights defenders and know what type of support they
>need from us.Its about time we should learn from the
>historical realities of Latin America where a strong
>civil organizations have struggle to eliminate
>military dictatorship.
>Abdou Karim Sanneh
>Manchester UK
>
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