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>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Government Condemns Shooting As 'Cowardly Act' Media Fraternity              Says It Was 'Mur
>Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:30:24 +0000
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>Folks, I hope Gambians are not lulled to sleep with this nonsense
>from
>Amadou Janneh.  Deyda Hydara was murdered by the state and Yaya
>Jammeh is
>ultimately responsible, just as he ordered for our young brothers to
>be
>murdered on April 10.  This is also no different from the murder of
>Koro
>Ceesay and many others.  Our cousins from over here have a saying:
>"Ain't
>nobody gon ride your back, unless you bend over".  Gambians have
>been
>bending over and Yaya has rode us all along.  IF we stop bending
>over, none
>will ride us.
>
>Just as Yaya is making the stakes higher for us by plucking lives
>away, we
>need to reciprocate in kind.  Unless we go for his juggler, he shall
>continue to murder us.  A brute will never give you your liberty,
>you got to
>rip it form him.  This has never been a child's play.  If Deyda is
>murdered
>for having the bone to stand against a criminal Media Bill, what do
>you
>think will happen to the alliance if they come together?  He already
>promised them that some of them will not witness 2006.  Mark my
>words, Yaya
>Jammeh will attempt on one or two of them if we continue to bend
>over.  The
>alliance need to get their act together now and realize that their
>neck is
>on the line with this beast.  In order to hedge against these
>murderers, the
>coalition need to have a task-force to mobilize the grassroots into
>a ready
>force for mass upheaval.  Yaya has to understand that his head will
>be lost
>if he attempts anything and that will start with this murder of
>Deyda.  That
>also applies to all around him.  They have relatives, friends and
>spouses
>and all are and will be game.  I do not want to hear "Nyunn Hamung
>Lee"
>(this is not our tradition), that is what we say when we are afraid
>and want
>to continue to bend over.  Yaya is murdering us left, right, and
>center and
>all we can come up with is "Nyunn Hamung Lee".  We have our brothers
>in the
>military who are equally abused.  Why are they not liberating
>themselves?
>I'm sure Deyda has relatives, friends, and conscientious Gambians in
>our
>Armed Forces that can put something in motion and those folks need
>to be
>part of our struggle.
>
>Folks, do not be concerned with the myth that Yaya has supernatural
>means.
>He ain't got shit.  There is no such thing and a clear testimony to
>that is
>Africa is where it is today because we were defeated in our last
>battles by
>our conquerors.  Where were our means.  Did you not think the same
>of
>Jawara?  Where is that coward today?  Had it not been for his
>cowardice, we
>would have been concerned with other things and not to deal with a
>beast
>today.  Thus, Gambians have to take matters in their own hands.  We
>either
>die standing up or we are murdered because of our lack of bone.  
>Please read
>below.
>
>
>
>Government Condemns Shooting As 'Cowardly Act' Media Fraternity Says
>It Was
>'Murder'
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>Gambia Daily News (Banjul)
>
>December 22, 2004
>Posted to the web December 22, 2004
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>THE Gambia government has condemned as 'cowardly' the shooting to
>death of
>Deyda Hydara the managing editor and co-proprietor of The Point
>newspaper.
>
>An official press release dated 17 December stated as follows: 'The
>Government of The Gambia is saddened by and concerned about the
>shooting to
>death of Mr. Deyda Hydara, proprietor of The Point newspaper. 'The
>Government vehemently condemns this cowardly act and pledges to do
>its
>utmost best to apprehend the culprits and bring them to book.
>
>'The security agencies are already conducting investigations, and
>the public
>is urged to provide any information they may have on the incident to
>see
>that justice is done.
>
>'Government extends its sincere condolences to the Hydara family.'
>Deyda
>Hydara, a correspondent of Agence France Presse, was reportedly shot
>to
>death in the street on the night of Thursday 16 December, hours
>after a
>reception he hosted to commemorate the 13th anniversary of The
>Point, which
>was established on 16 December 1991.
>
>Thousands of persons, expressing shock and disbelief, attended the
>funeral
>prayers for the deceased at Banjul疄 Independence Drive mosque, and
>the
>burial of the body at the Old Jeshwang cemetery on Friday evening.
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>Deyda Hydara, a past president of the Gambia Press Union, was a
>leading
>member of the media fraternity in The Gambia and west Africa. The
>media
>community in The Gambia on Monday issued a press release in which it
>said
>Deyda's killing was murder.'
>
>To show their outrage, the private press in the country, beginning
>on
>Monday, embarked on a week of mourning during which all the
>independent
>newspapers will not be published. Deyda (1946-2004) is survived by
>his wife
>Mariam and several children, including an adopted daughter.
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