EDITORIAL Reading the Point newspaper yesterday, the APRC'S Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay, was said to be in a jubilant mood, following Gambia's conspicuous absence in the Amnesty International annual human rights country report on Africa. Despite the atrocities committed by the Ruling APRC government, FJC, as she is popularly referred to was quick to jubilate the Amnesty International purported report. FJC was quoted as saying that"the Amnesty report has vindicated President Jammeh’s government and proved critics wrong. She explained that with all the hue and cry over Gambia’s human rights record, the latest report has adequately shown the world that the APRC government has respect for human and people’s rights. “Respect for human rights has always been the norm of the APRC government and every effort would be employed to foster this." We at the ALLGAMBIAN are also equally vindicated, since the APRC government is refusing or is apparently ignoring a story we carried, ranking The Gambia as a failed state. Our assertion that the regime is only comfortable with positive reports had also been proven to be true, in view of their "swift reaction to the so called Amnesty report." FJC being politically empty, as she is, never bothered to examine the implications of her pronouncements on such a bogus report. Fatoumatta stands to be accused of aiding and abetting a government which had not only caused harm and terror to Gambians, but as well as innocent non Gambians. While we are still mourning the death of veteran journalist Deyda Hydara and over dozens of Ghanaian nationals murdered in Gambia's soil recently, silly FJC is making noise over a so called Amnesty report, which appeared questionable. Knowing Amnesty International's love for the truth and justice, the Organisation will never attempt to down play the current atrocities perpetrated by the Jammeh administration. We are indeed shocked by such a report, if it's really found to be true that it was authored by Amnesty International. Gambia is worst than Zimbabwe in terms of human rights and political crisis. It's our contention that The Gambia should have been the first country to top such a continental rights report. We are really concerned by the Point newspaper story about The Gambian being vindicated for rights violations. We are challenging the Amnesty International main office in London to clarify the situation, as Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay's, jubilation will give room to the Ruling APRC government to further commit more atrocities against Gambians. 2006 is an election year for The Gambia and we know what these criminals are capable of doing. Amnesty must clarify in the interest of justice. We agree entirely by the assertions made by Gambia's fire brand politician and NDAM leader Lamin Waa Juwara that such a so called report cannot be used as yard stick to measure the rights performance of a particular country. Juwara and Gambia Press Union President Madi NK Ceesay were further quoted by the Point as saying that "a single report cannot serve as an indicator for a country’s human rights record. According to Mr. Juwara, Gambia has no reason to be unconcerned as long as President Jammeh and his government do not reserve respect for human and people’s rights. Mbarodi went further to cite "various instances of flagrant violation of people’s rights.The grisly murder of Ousman Koro Ceesay, the burning of The Independent newspaper’s printing press, the torture and abuse meted out to political opponents, among other things, are clear indications that Jammeh and his government do not have respect for human rights,” People with conscience and moral will never venture into celebrating such a report. FJC is a woman without moral and conscience. She had betrayed the political legacies of her late Father Balla Jahumpa, who was a true patriot and father figure of Gambia's body politics. FJC should have been the last person to entertain such a report-but because of greed and sycophancy, she will go all out to defend Jammeh's reckless political policies. History is here to judge you for your action. The ALLGAMBIAN online newspaper will be doing disservice to The Gambia and her people, if it allows such a blatant lie made by FJC, about Amnesty human rights report vindicating The Gambia unchallenged. We are hear to monitor the APRC misinformation campaign and wouldn't hesitate to rubbish any lies peddled by this government. FJC and others should bear this in mind. Instead of tracking the killer(s)of Deyda Hydara and The Ghanaian Community in The Gambia, you want to pride yourself with an Amnesty human rights report. Shameless APRC should stop playing with the gallery. We are too matured to be fooled by your misinformation campaign. The Point supposedly an Independent newspaper, should be weary of the likes of FJC. This woman is capable of turning lies into truth and journalists should treat tip-offs received from her end with high degree of maturity and responsibility. We all know how dubious the Ruling APRC is. We are not saying that the government should be censored in anyway. What we are saying is that, people like FJC are very manipulative and should be treated with suspicion. We will get to that later. As one famous American journalist said"If your mum tells you, I love you check it out." The purpose of this message basically is for journalists to double check information given them by their sources. We have high respect for the Point editorial staff and we want to encourage them to keep up the good work. Our word of caution is "be weary of FJC". She is not to be trusted. On a final note, The ALLGAMBIAN will from now on, verify the authenticity of such Amnesty Country report. We have started contacting some credible individuals close to Amnesty International to explain the true picture of the current state of affairs. We will keep our readers posted. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! 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