Greetings Momodou, Warmest wishes for Ramadan. I am citing this newspaper article in a paper i am giving at a conference. Could you please tell me what the web address is where you found it? Thanks. Best always, Ylva (Saffie) On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Momodou Camara wrote: > Women On Rampage Over FGM Case At Magistrate Court > > The Daily Observer (Banjul) > NEWS > October 18, 2002 > Posted to the web October 18, 2002 > > By Sidiq Asemota > Banjul > > Thousands of women yesterday went on rampage at the Brikama Magistrates' Court > protesting against the arraignment of seven women who were alleged to have > forcefully circumcised one Hawa Nget by mutilating her genitalia in Tanji > village, Western Division. > > The women who came from Gunjur, Sanyang, Tanji villages and Brikama Town > threatened to demonstrate to the State House in Banjul and seek audience with > President Jammeh if their colleagues were prosecuted by the Inspector General > of Police for practising female circumcision. > > At the court premises, there were scores of women shouting pro female > circumcision slogans. "Female circumcision is our culture, President Jammeh > cannot stop it and no one can prosecute anyone for circumcising their > daughters," they ranted. > > The police later intervened to calm the situation after some of the women had a > push and pull with some police officers attached to the court. > > The rampage had followed the arraignment of Ngui Camara, Jalang Saidy, Kaddy > Jassey, Bacantan Manneh, Sarjo Camara, Jarrai Comma and Aja Susso before the > Brikama Magistrates' Court on charges of conspiracy to commit felony and > assault causing actual bodily harm. > > According to the charge sheets, the accused persons were alleged to have > unlawfully assaulted Hawa Nget by gripping her and forcefully circumcising her > by mutilating her genitalia, thereby causing her actual bodily harm. > > When the charge was read to the accused persons, they all pleaded not guilty to > the charge. > > The Inspector General of Police represented by Sergeant 196 Joof made an > application to withdraw from the matter as the matter was still under > investigation. > > At this juncture, Principal Magistrate King declared that it would be unfair to > incarcerate the women while the matter was still under investigation > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~