Karamba, You can count on a two hundred dollar ($200) contribution from me. The military cingolo of Italy (whatever that crap signify) / the moron of Kanilai must be stopped!! As koto Abdoulaye is wont to say: No justice, no peace!!! I'm sure he is busy drafting the email petition. Regards, Madiba. ------- > >I thought I would bounce around an action plan for list members to consider > >in light of the tragedy we are all trying to deal with. Since we all agree > >something meaningful has to be done relatively quickly, I suggest we > >immediately name a G-L crisis coordinator to be our point man in doing the > >following: > > 1- Be a repository for an emergency fund drive aimed at collecting money > >. > >We can all send contributions immediately to this coordinator. > > 2-The said coordinator would then be authorized by us list members to > >hire > >lawyers in Gambia pronto to first establish the names and identities of all > >the victims. Our coordinator and the lawyers can then formerly approach the > >victims families to offer them representation. This would enable our team > >of > >lawyers to meticulously investigate the entire events surrounding the > >massacre by interviewing survivors and talking to witnesses. While the > >government is busy rationalizing the killings and crafting a cover-up, we > >too > >can have our people reconstructing the crime. Once the investigative phase > >is > >over our lawyers can submit their findings to us and the world. If we don't > >initiate our own enquiry, these brave students who paid the ultimate price > >would not have the honor, dignity and justice we owe them. None of us have > >any faith in Yahya Jammehs judiciary nor should we even consider awaiting > >their socalled enquiry. > >If list members agree and we proceed today, by the seven day (sarah) I > >anticipate we would have put together some money to even help in the Sarah > >. > >Our coordinator would be asked to donate to each of the families by the > >weekend. We can have our lawyers announce by Monday that they have been > >retained by us to handle this matter. They would immediately begin work by > >seeking the release of students still held . I understand the government is > >trying to arrange a meeting with parents in a cynical attempt to pacify the > >very obvious anger they know has engulfed the people. With our lawyers > >announcing what amounts to probono representation, the parents can even > >condition any meeting with the government to the presence of counsel to > >shield them from the kinds of wicked manipulation this desperate gov't > >would > >try. > >Please list members let us begin rightaway. I would like to suggest Saffie > >Ceesay of Silver Spring , Maryland for the USA and Alpha Robinson for > >Europe. If the suggestion is approved I would send mine this evening. > > > >Thanks > >Karamba ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------