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Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
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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


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>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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