This story is culled from bbc.I find it very amusing that the Jammeh government is claiming that ,it doesn't want the Gambia to used as save haven for people suspected of human rights abuse.Who are they kidding ?This man[Jammeh] is one of most vicious of human rights violators in west Africa.What would jammeh call the execution of students on APRIL 10,the execution of Gibril Saye and other members of the armed forces on November 11and 12,how about the abduction of the Dumo Saho's,who have been held incumminucado for months.The Gambia is ofcourse a safe haven for human rights abusers as the champion of humam rights abuse is housed at the state house in the person of YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH. PASAMBA JOW Friday, 3 November, 2000, 02:20 GMT Gambia deports former Sierra Leone dictator The authorities in Gambia have deported the former military ruler of Sierra Leone, Valentine Strasser. He was sent back to Britain where he's been living since 1997. A senior Gambian official said Mr Strasser had been expelled because -- as a former head of state -- he had not informed the authorities of his arrival, and because Gambia did not wish to be seen as a safe haven for people suspected of human rights abuses. Mr Strasser seized power in Sierra Leone in 1992 but was deposed in 1996. The human rights organisation Amnesty International recently demanded that Britain try the former dictator for murders and tortures committed under his military regime. _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------