Mike,yours is a very fine initiative,I am also prepared to work with people here to effect such a move and as you,I hope others respond to your this fine idea. For Freedom Saiks ==== Original Message From The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Saiks, I think we should organise demonstrations in all Gambian Embassies to >highlight the injustice meted to these lot. I am willing to organise from >this end in London, I hope brothers and sisters in the diaspora will respond >so that we can select a date and express our disgust at the way these >alleged coup plotters are being treated. I think it is about time for >something drastic to happen instead of just whingeing we should now be >proactive. >Malik > >>From: saikss <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: FREE DUMO SAHO AND THE REST >>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:47:48 +0200 >> >>This mail should have been posted since yesterday and because of the hectic >>weekend with many demonstrations against the World Bank in Oslo, the whole >>of >>the weekend and yesterday there was very little time to do it. >>It was two years yesterday, since Dumo Saho was arrested, detained and late >>charged with planning to overthrow the government among other things. >>I have never been convince that there is any amount of truth in what is >>been >>said and the fact that the State is still unable to make sure that the case >>is >>being heard in court and justice be done, is enough evidence for me. The >>fact >>that this State is responsible for holding citizens of the country in >>custody >>and refused to take heed to both national and international opinion on the >>case dose not only unveil, the police state character of the APRC >>government, that can hold both the judiciary and simple common sense in >>contempt, but also the hypocrisy we see in all of their politics. The ex >>president, whose government was over thrown, accused of economic >>mismanagement >>and the political, cultural and economic marginalization of the Gambian >>people >>and nation, is been given amnesty in the name of “reconcialtion”by the APRC >>government. This is the same government using political power to hold in >>custody citizens of the country for 24 months and one day without any fair >>trail. Dumo was arrested for days without his family and legal adviser >>being >>informed, without being brought before any court or charged, the State even >>denied having them under custody and did so only after many pressure work >>including legal actions. >>There will be no economic progress in the country without respect for the >>rule >>of law; we can never do away with poverty without respect for the rule of >>law. >>I am so certain of this that much of the economic declarations from the >>state, >>the many dreams and visions of prosperous Gambia with the APRC government, >>are >>stories that I don’t even allow to be entertain with, they don’t belong to >>a >>state that behaves more or less like a police State. >>It will be in the interest of progress and humanity for the State to have >>respect for the rule of law. To release Dumo and the rest from detention >>will >>be a sign of this, no law, no court of law could hold them under detention >>for >>so long without trail, it is only political power that can do so. Many >>political powers have been responsible for their own downfall, when they >>believed that through detention, torture etc they can silence and control >>the >>minds of their citizens, they do end up achieving the very opposite. To >>free >>Dumo and the rest is also in the interest of the progress, FREE THEM NOW. >> >>For Freedom >>Saiks >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>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] >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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 >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~