The disruption of UDP congress in Brikama by Yahya Jammeh's political police wing-NIA is a clear signal that the regime do want a strong political force in that country.I am surprise when some elements are saying that he is trying.Trying what?Enriching him self from our national coffers.The Kombo coastal road project is nothing order than a loan which is going to make our people suffer more and more when the re servicing or the payment of our loan begin.Gambia is today confronting with massive youth unemployment.The regime is not willing to create ventures that can reduce such menace. Folks i know within these five years in power, Gambian people will witness a massive erosion of human rights violation as economic condition before worse and worse.Imagine a bag of rice is now D280 and how many households can afford three meals a day?With a weak and fragile opposition parties, I think what we need to do as concern Gambians in the diaspora is to support civil organizations such the coalition of human rights defenders.I respect and honour the work being done by folks like Muhammed Lamin Sillah, Ousman Manjang and Emmanuel Joof.They are working day in day out to voice their concern and support the people who are arrested, torture and detained without trials.I know these organisation with their non-partian nature needs both our moral and financial support.Our struggle for the restoration of democracy should not be focus on only cyber politics.I want brother like Yusupha jow, Dave Manneh, Kebba Dampha, Haruna, Karamba, Joe, Jabou and the rests to look into how we can work and collaborate with the coalition for human rights defenders and know what type of support they need from us.Its about time we should learn from the historical realities of Latin America where a strong civil organizations have struggle to eliminate military dictatorship. Abdou Karim Sanneh Manchester UK __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~