Joe Sambou:
Many thanks for the information about Mr. Suwarreh.  This is really
troubling and (if confirmed), a good indication of the "mightier than
though" attitude held by some of these soldier/administrator(s) who have
so little regard for the rights of citizens.  Please keep us informed.
Do you know if Mr. Suwarreh has dual (Gambian-US) citizenship/ permanent
residency?  If he does we should be calling/petitioning the US Embassy
in The Gambia and the US State Department in Washington, D.C., to
intervene for his immediate release.  Keep us posted.

Abdoulaye Saine

Joe Sambou wrote:

>  Folks, I just received a call from a friend this evening that a
> friend of mine, Lawyer Abdoulaye Swareh of Maryland is under custody
> in The Gambia.  I spoke with him moments ago and his spirit is high.
> The circumstances surrounding his arrest began when he got news that
> one of his cousins in Swareh Kunda was arrested by the authorities.
> Abdoulaye then left Banjul for Swareh Kunda to bail his cousin and in
> an exchange with the Commissioner, the Commissioner called the police
> for his arrest.  He indicated that all he told the commissioner was
> that they (those running the country) need to stop the things they are
> doing to the people.  That was all it took to set the Commissioner
> off.  An uncle of Abdoulaye intervened and the police left, only to
> come back later, around 9:00pm and arrested him.  If the Lers
> recalled, about a month ago, Abdoulaye posted an urgent message to
> help secure the release of some 20 people from S Chi Jaama Joe Sambou
>
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