Culled from http://allafrica.com/gambia ************************* The Point (Banjul) EDITORIAL December 26, 2000 Banjul The case of the three injured students "kicked out of Egypt" cries for justice, fair play on the part of the Gambian authorities. With all the talk of a so-called healing process, this government has again disappointed this nation with the disrespectful way it is treating the survivors of the April massacres. Where is the heart of this government? When the going was tough, when people were outraged in April, the appeasing mouth and hand of government was heard and seen. But no sooner had the tears dried, that other agendas and other concerns began to prevail over the need to honestly heal the nation. Is it a case ofnot want thinge survivors to survive? Is it a case of craze revengeful hatred? If that is the case, we are in trouble. If we should be pursued up to our hospital beds, then something is fundamentally wrong in this country of ours. And the truth is, nothing was healed from either side of the fence. The case of the boys was first published in Campus Talk two weeks ago and now GAMSU is coming out plain to expose the matter, and seek for assistance from all well-meaning people. It is a disgrace for Egypt to have sent back the poor boys in their condition. We cannot believe that relations between The Gambia and Egypt are so bad that they would accommodate people from the media, and refuse to attend to students disabled by gunshot wounds. The truth is there was no genuine commitment to address this issue. Government should not have only paid for the boys for the needed time of cure but also for the services of two attendants to check on the boys on a regular basis. But what do we see? Defeat in its entirety! The wounded boys deserve such an attention as they symbolise the April demonstrations living legacy, as survivors of a national ordeal. We hope the appeal directed to all and sundry would yield the needed support for the April dead to rest in peace. --- OffRoad 1.9x registered to Momodou Camara ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------