Sigga: This is truly a sad story and I applaud you and your friends for reaching out to these innocent victims. >From: Sigga jagne <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: SUFFERING IN SILENCE : THE EVERY DAY TRIALS OF THE WOUNDED > VICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11 >Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:39:34 -0700 > >SUFFERING IN SILENCE : THE EVERY DAY TRIALS OF THE >WOUNDED VICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11 > >(See the attachment for the boys'story) > >My tears are flowing as I write this, but I press on >as I have vowed to be the voice of these three brave >Gambian boys, three boys who are being constantly >dragged through hell everyday, since their woundings >during the student demonstrations of April 10. Tears >always roll down by eyes when I express to them time >and again, my outrage at what happened to them and at >how they have been left to suffer daily. But to my >statements, they merely reply that I should just have >faith in God and that everything happens for a reason. > They tell me not to worry and that it will be O.K. I >marvel at their brevity and their strength. And I ask >myself how they can be so strong in the face of so >much suffering in their lives and in the face of the >fact that their young lives have been basically at a >standstill since they were shot on April 10. But I >tell myself not to be misled by their young ages. For >these are the same boys who on April 10, faced live >bullets, ready to lay their lives down in the name of >justice. And that itself, is an ultimate proof of the >strength of their characters. But I cannot help, but >question the very statements that they use to cheer me >up. For what has believing in God got to do with >their shooting and the killing of their colleagues on >April 10 and 11? Or for that matter what has it got >to do with the events that led to it - the murder of >Ebrima Barry and the rape of Binta Manneh? Or better >put, should my believing in God not be the very reason >that I should call out for justice on their behalf and >on behalf of all April 10 and 11 victims? And to >their statement that everything happens for a reason, >I wonder for what possibly logical reason can the >killing, maiming, and prolonged suffering of children >occur? And there is every reason to worry. For as >you will see from this story, the lives of these boys >are not only changed forever, but may be at risk due >to lack of proper medical care. So it is for this >reason, that I have chosen to tell their story. And >even though I have been warned on numerous times by my >family, friends, and well-wishers to be careful and >beware that the NIA had actually inquired as to who I >am due to my postings on the "L", I have decided to be >the voice of the silent sufferers. > > >===== >"NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION" > > ALSO > >"NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHETHER ONE IS WILLING TO >DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED" > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ ><< SUFFERINGINSILENCE.doc >> _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------