Lamin,
Not only are we confronting the Prefessor at the Courts but we are also
confronting those sitting in the courts. How dare they go down in history
as ruling on continuous detention of citizens? What would that say about
them sitting on those courts? Not that we expect them to rule in our favor
but they will be forced to take a stand....
Everyone of them will be accountable for their own action and will pay for
it in one way or another... I say let the brave men and women on those
courts tuck in their tails and succumb to the professor... Their days will
come as well like Moses Richards...
thanks
Demba
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Good question Nyang, but it is absolutely vital that the Professor is
> confronted in the courts, and that the spotlight is shone on the judiciary.
> I understand your cynicism completely, but absent exceptional
> circumstances, exhaustion of domestic recourse is a prerequisite to
> admissibility of ECOWAS Court action
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 21 March 2013, 22:43
>
> *Subject:* Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds
> $200 pledge?????
>
> Good suggestion Demba, but if i may ask, what outcome do you expect out of
> a court action by even a team of 20 lawyers? I may agree that such an
> action may server to raise the plight of Imam Baba Leigh to the forefront
> of current national discourse, but what efect or result do yo expect from
> such an actio?
> I think the case will just be dismissed by the courts or the respondents
> simply play innocence just like they did and is still doing in the cases of
> Rambo Jatta, Kanyiba Kanyi and Ebrima Manneh.
>
> *From:* Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:41 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds
> $200 pledge?????
>
> Yus & Lamin,
>
> Here is how I think Imam Baba Leigh can be adequately represented in
> Gambia without anybody being arrested... I think a group of lawyers can
> sign up to represent him as a group.. say the Bar Association appointing 10
> defense lawyers to file a case at the high court.. or 10 brave independent
> lawyers come together and sign up to file a case to be heard at the high
> court.
>
> At the very least I don't think they can or will arrest all 10 lawyers for
> simply representing a citizen....
>
> Another suggestion I have to practically support this case is to urge
> Gambians to come up with contributions for Imam Leigh's defense fund... I
> would pledge $200 to this fund and if we have 100 - 200 Gambians pledging
> minimum of $100 dollars we are looking at $40,000 almost D1.3 million
> dalasis for defense fund... Do we have this commitment from our fellow
> Gambians on this list to do this project... anybody can lead this effort...
> from Europe, US, and anywhere around the world...
>
> Can we do this, any suggestion from anybody...
>
> Thanks
>
> Demba
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> Yusupha
>
> The ECOWAS Court is indeed an option, but the Constitution itself offers a
> powerful tool to demand Imam Baba Leigh's release from custody. Do you know
> anything about the allegation that the family wants no recourse to law in
> order "not to offend" Professor Jammeh.
>
> Imam Baba Leigh is no ordinary Gambian and so my money is still on the
> supposition he is alive.
>
> Like you, I am overwhelmed by his continued disappearance but where is his
> congregation? Will anyone taking up his case in The Gambia, including a
> legal representative, be arrested, abducted, or disappeared? This is not
> inconceivable, and my question remain how we stop fellow citizens from
> forcefully disappearing in the country? If we can solve this problem, we
> are home free!
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
> *From:* Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 15:03
>
> *Subject:* Re: [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh
>
> LJD:
> I think we have to mobilize the resources to file a case against the
> dictator to produce Imam Baba Leigh. There is indisputable evidence that he
> was abducted by the agents of the state. Let's put pressure on the dictator
> in the most meaningful way. This case has to be taken to the ECOWAS court
> of law or any international court that will accept the case. This way we
> make it clear to him that concrete action will be taken against these type
> of arbitrary disappearances any time they happen; and that he will have to
> account for these people whether he is in or out of the State House.
>
> Thanks
> Yusupha
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> Thanks Yusupha, and my main interest lies in your first point:
>
> Why the silence about this man's disappearance? Doesn't it affect
> your
> conscience that a man with kids as young as eight can simply be
> taken away
> from his family yet Gambians all over the world aren't up in
> arms about this?
> Does any society that has a collective conscience allow this to
> happen?
>
> I note YJ's arguments, but the theater for these abductions is The Gambia.
> Not a day goes by without my thinking about your above, but in all honesty,
> I am overwhelmed. I'm sure many Gambians have "conscience" but how do
> we energize that "conscience" to protect each other from killings,
> abductions, and arbitrary arrests. A solution to this issue means we are
> more than 90% nearer our liberation target.
>
> Any practical ideas on your point number 1?
>
>
> LJDarbo
>
>
>
> *From:* Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 20:25
> *Subject:* [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh
>
> The man has been held incommunicado for over 3 months now. His family
> and his friends have not heard a word from him in this time. I have a few
> questions about this:
>
> 1. Why the silence about this man's disappearance? Doesn't it affect your
> conscience that a man with kids as young as eight can simply be taken away
> from his family yet Gambians all over the world aren't up in arms about
> this? Does any society that has a collective conscience allow this to
> happen?
>
> 2. What has Imam Baba Leigh done to deserve such a fate? No charges have
> been read against him, absolutely nothing.
>
> I believe we reap what we sow as a society. I am of the opinion that we
> will all be punished by the almighty if we don't take concrete action about
> what has happened to this man.
>
> Thanks
> Yusupha
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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