Mr.Camara. There's no justice in this case our brothers are incarcerated for over 2years without any convictions.I agree their rights have been denied and is time the courts release them unconditionally.Furthermore i have all respect for Haddy Sarr on her stance on this case.She wants her man home and the courts have no rights to delay that after all is a crime to arrest these people over 72hours without any charges.Dumo et al must go free. For Justice Fye Samateh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Momodou Camara" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: Coup Plot Suspect's Wife Appeals Against Husband's Detention > I don't understand why court cases take so long in Gambia. It is time that > these people are either convicted or released. Justice delayed is justice > denied. > > Momodou Camara > ----------------------- > > Coup Plot Suspect's Wife Appeals Against Husband's Detention > > The Daily Observer (Banjul) > NEWS > October 24, 2002 > Posted to the web October 24, 2002 > > By Sidiq Asemota > Banjul > > The Gambia Court of Appeal yesterday commenced the hearing of an application > filed by Haddy Sarr, the wife of Ebrima Yarbo, an alleged coup plot suspect. > > Haddy Sarr filed an application seeking the unconditional release from custody > of Ebrima Yarbo on the grounds that he was not taking to court within 72 hours > after his arrest in June 2000. > > At the High Court in Banjul, the court ruled against the application noting > that Ebrima Yarbo could not be released under the prevailing circumstances. > > Haddy Sarr further appealed against the High Court ruling at the Gambia Court > of Appeal and in the course of the appeal, the DPP made an application to bring > the initial charge and ruling of the magistrate court as well as the > information filed at the High Court against Ebrima Yarbo's detention Lawyer > Ousman Sillah, counsel for Haddy Sarr, objected to the application of the DPP > to submit the initial charge and ruling of the magistrates' court as well as > the information filed in the High Court before the Court of Appeal. > > The Court of Appeal however overruled the objection raised by Lawyer Ousman > Sillah and granted the state the relief to bring all the relevant information > to the Court of Appeal in order to decide on the appeal filed by Haddy Sarr, > the wife of Ebrima Yarbo, as to whether to grant the appeal or not. > > At yesterday's sitting, Lawyer Ousman Sillah informed the court that he had > filed all briefs in the case. DPP Chief Akomaya Agim also informed the court > that the state had also filed all their briefs. > > Both DPP and Lawyer Ousman Sillah craved the court's indulgence to grant any > convenient date so that they could adopt their briefs. > > The matter was however adjourned to November 6, for the definite hearing of > their briefs. > > The Gambia Court of Appeal was presided over by Justice AD Yahaya (president) > Justice AC Ihekire and Justice GBS Janneh. > > It would be recalled that Ebrima Yarbo and five others were alleged to have > planned to overthrow the incumbent government in June 2000. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~