Best read I have come across all week! Bravo STGDP! Sock it to Jammeh and his backwardness! Chris --- On Thu, 4/26/12, Laye <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Laye <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [G_L] Fwd: STGDP Condemns The Arrest and Prosecution of Alleged Gays To: [log in to unmask] Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 12:00 PM STGDP Condemns The Arrest and Prosecution of Alleged Gays http://maafanta.com/STGDPCondemnsTheArrestAndprosecutionOfAllegedGays.html Save the Gambia Democracy Project (STGDP) categorically condemns the prosecution of Gambians and other citizens arrested and charged with indecent practices. We are dismayed by the actions of the security forces in disrupting the lives of these individuals. However, we are not surprised by these selective prosecutions on the heels of the twelfth anniversary of the senseless and brutal murder of young Gambian students on 10th. and 11th. April, 2000. It is quite disheartening to see the Jammeh regime in its true and familiar form, attempt to divert the attention of the Gambian public from the real and pertinent issue of justice for the innocent martyrs of April 10th. and 11th. by embarking on this deceptive act of arresting innocent law abiding Gambians and other citizens. Meanwhile, those who heinously murdered the innocent young Gambians are roaming the streets of the Gambia with impunity. STGDP joins all conscientious and freedom loving Gambians and friends in demanding the categorical and absolute end to this charade, and the immediate release of all those arrested on these flimsy charges of practicing homosexuality. If the Gambia is to become a country of laws and not of men then the real criminals, those who murdered innocent students and those who gave the orders, should be behind bars and not innocent harmless citizens going about their normal lives. We further urge the Jammeh government in the strongest possible terms, to respect the universal and fundamental human rights of all Gambians irrespective of their gender, age, tribe and sexual orientation. We wish to convey to all Gambians that they should not be hoodwinked by the President’s religious undertones. His statements are meant to divert the publics’ attention from the real issues confronting our nation; mainly the abject poverty and constant violation and disregard of the constitution. The STGDP is resolute in standing with the innocent victims of the unnecessary bullying by the government machinery to ensure their universal human rights are safeguarded at all times. We believe that all men and women are equal before the law and rights of a citizen to practice their beliefs and involve in any form of social activity that is not detrimental to fellow citizens is guaranteed before the law. We therefore demand the immediate release of the arrested individuals where it is obvious they have not done anything detrimental to fellow citizens and or society in general. -- -Laye ============================== "With fair speech thou might have thy will, With it thou might thy self spoil." --The R.M ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l 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://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤