On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 [log in to unmask] wrote: Sorry, I did not mean to send that to the whole list. My apologies. Ylva > 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] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~