DISCLAIMER( THIS IS A PRIVATE E-MAIL) Hello Annika, My name is George Sarr and I am the webmaster at gambiansonline.com. Recently we had covered the story of your husband's abduction by this barbaric administration and your letter to the attorney general moved a lot of concern citizens and has enlightened many of our visitors. I ,peronally, have been following your husband's abduction with keen interest and I must tell you,you doing a great job keeping us updated. I was wondering if you could e-mail me a photo of Dumo so I can put it on the site for those who cared to know him. Am also working on having the final petition drafted by Kabir Njie/Alpha on the site. You can snail mail it to my postal address if you don't have a scanned photo. If you could, the sooner will be better. My regular e-mail address is : [log in to unmask] postal address is : 2311 woodlands dr Smyrna, Ga, 30080. USA Thank you so much and keep up the good work. Our prayers are with you. Regards, George Sarr visit us at http://www.gambiansonline.com >From: Bokaloho <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Update on Dumo >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:39:07 -0000 > >Wednesday pm. >On Monday I had an appointment with the Ambassador for the European >Commission in The Gambia. He was already very well informed about the case >and promised to notify Brussels, the British High Commissioner here and >Embassies in Dakar (especially the Swedish) when he goes there soon. >However >he said that their possibility to act is not large now since the case have >- >somehow - reached the courts. >Another thing: yesterday one Mr Kanta Jawo came to the centre. He is taking >care of the boka loho nursery school in Bunebore (Foni, not far from >Kanilai). >He told us that on the 16/7 he was picked up from his home in Bwiam by 7 >soldiers (state guard) from Kanilai. They asked him if he knows "Dumo" and >when he looked confused they gave the name Modou Sarho. Aha, of course he >is >with Boka Loho and has come to our village with some students to help us >erect the collapsed schoolbuilding. Anyway, handcuffed, he was taken to >spend the night in Sibanor police station. The day after he was transferred >to NIA HQ in Banjul where he spent two nights and answered questions about >his dealings with Dumo and Boka Loho. After that he was allowed to sleep >with some relatives outside (Fajikunda) but had to report daily to NIA for >interrogation. He also said that he was never mistreated or harassed. >Finally, yesterday, he was told that he didn't have to come back again and >came to report the whole thing to Boka Loho. We reported the thing to >Emanuel Joof and the newspapers. And this morning the EU-ambassador was >also >briefed about it. >As I see it, it indicates that they have not up til now been able to find >any evidence against Dumo and try everything to get something to justify >their arrest. >Emanuel Joof is now working with Ousman Silla and they have decided to take >a joint approach. The next thing we are waiting for is an urgent hearing of >the appeal. >Still the treason charges have not been filed with the high court although >the prosecutor was supposed to do that on the 17/7. >The coalition for human right activists are planning to work on that. >I think that that could also be a subject for pressure from other ends as >well; such as media, local and international as well as individuals (maybe >a >fax campaign would do the trick). >That's all for now, >thanks for your support, >Annika > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------