Ms.Sigga Jagne: Keep up the good work! This is truly inspiring and impressive. All the efforts by those on the G-L, including those you have taken will bear fruit someday. Abdoulaye JAYE CEESAY wrote: > > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------