I agree that it should not be restricted to just the Gambian Missions. The U.N. and other bodies ought to be included. Open to ideas and suggestions. Latjor > >Latjor, > >Your idea of a petition is good but sending them to Gambian missions will >not help. These petitions must bwe addressed to the UN High Commissioner >for >Human Rights, Mary Robinson, UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan and the >Commonwealth Secretary General. These are under international pressure to >deal with wanton abuses of human rights such as witnessed in the Gambia. >Each and very member of L must be encouraged to send an e-mail to all these >people. That is the only way to move our collective protest from the L to >the International scene. > >>From: latjor ndow <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Massacre of Students in The Gambia >>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:44:32 PDT >> >>Greetings: >>I join the rest in expressing my condolences to the families of the >>deceased >>students. >>I also express my indignation to this attrocities perpetrated by the >>officers. All reports being received indicate that only students and >>civilians died, killed by 'law enforcement officers'. While some have >>cautioned to wait for the full details of this attrocity to come out, one >>cannot deny that at the very least, the officers over stepped the >>boundaries >>of human dignity. >>If they were provoked by the students, assuming that was the case here >>(there was reporting of looting by the students), the officers ought to >>have >>simply arrested the students using restrained force. I am sure they have >>other less deadly tools of their trade that would have been more >>appropriate. But using deadly force??? No! No! No! >>What do we do? Certainly move in the direction suggested by Dr. Saine, >>Alpha >>and others. >>My suggestion is to also mobilize our respective communities, draft a >>protest letter to be signed by as many people as possible and submit it to >>the Gambian Missions abroad, while also following through with the other >>suggestions being developed here. >>Latjor >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------