¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.htmlLJD and Sariang,I am just reading my GPost emails right now. Demba did send me an email and we finally spoke yesterday and have decided to combine the two efforts so as to avoid duplication. We are currently working on the technical details of the merging, after which Demba will be assigned to lead the effort. I will be there to help and support the fundraising drive. I commend Demba for this brilliant idea. There is a lot of potential to this if we make the best use of it that is. Take care.
Banka.
From: Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:38 AM
Subject: Fw: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????
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Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013, 7:36
Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????
As you Americans would say, thanks for the heads up Sariang.Indeed Banka and others were so involved, and I have contributed $50 to the Imams Baba Leigh and Bakawsu Fofana fund drive through Banka himself. Like Demba informed Yero before, that fund drive has the temporal remit of financially assisting the two families whilst their key bread earners were away. There is absolutely no conflict but Banka is right here reading all these conversations. If my understanding, and that of Demba, are off tangent, there is no stopping Banka from clarifying. His silence must be suggestive of a lack of duplication.LJDarbo
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Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013, 3:10
Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????
FolksBanka Manneh and others have been spearheading a fundraising drive for months. It will be ideal to contact them more importantly build upon what they have already started.Sariang
Sent from my iPhoneMawdo Demba,
Thanks for the updates. You will probably need to link with Ebrima Conteh. Recall that he've been talking about this for the longest.
Count me in, and like the mentors say, "Go forth & conquer!"
I am in for any struggle free of political hypocrisy, division and bullying of any sort.
Best always,
Yero
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:06:32 -0700
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Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????
To: [log in to unmask]Yero, yes am aware of the fundraising with Banka.. that seems to be a one time designed to help relief the family while Baba is away...
This idea is actually a broad base funding for ALL prisioners of conscience... it would be a permanent fund drive if we can get it moving... It is only an idea thrown on the table.. Do we think it is a viable idea doesn't matter where it comes from... if yes, let's show hands... if not the fight against impunity continuous.
thanks
DembaOn Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Yero Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Mawdo Demba et al;
Great points.
With regards to the fundraising, I suggest that any interested in continuing this effort should link with those who are already doing the drives, in the persons of Banka Manneh and Baba Hydara last time I checked. It is proper that we don't operate in small scattered chunks.
Nyang's points below are worth noting and regardless, we still have to pursue justice to whatever level we must.
Best regards,
Yero
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:44:51 -0700
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Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????Lamin,Not only are we confronting the Prefessor at the Courts but we are also confronting those sitting in the courts. How dare they go down in history as ruling on continuous detention of citizens? What would that say about them sitting on those courts? Not that we expect them to rule in our favor but they will be forced to take a stand....Everyone of them will be accountable for their own action and will pay for it in one way or another... I say let the brave men and women on those courts tuck in their tails and succumb to the professor... Their days will come as well like Moses Richards...
thanks
DembaOn Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Good question Nyang, but it is absolutely vital that the Professor is confronted in the courts, and that the spotlight is shone on the judiciary. I understand your cynicism completely, but absent exceptional circumstances, exhaustion of domestic recourse is a prerequisite to admissibility of ECOWAS Court actionLJDarbo
Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????
Good suggestion Demba, but if i may ask, what outcome do you expect out of a court action by even a team of 20 lawyers? I may agree that such an action may server to raise the plight of Imam Baba Leigh to the forefront of current national discourse, but what efect or result do yo expect from such an actio?I think the case will just be dismissed by the courts or the respondents simply play innocence just like they did and is still doing in the cases of Rambo Jatta, Kanyiba Kanyi and Ebrima Manneh.From: Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Imam Baba Leigh - 10 lawyer & Defense Funds $200 pledge?????
Yus & Lamin,
Here is how I think Imam Baba Leigh can be adequately represented in Gambia without anybody being arrested... I think a group of lawyers can sign up to represent him as a group.. say the Bar Association appointing 10 defense lawyers to file a case at the high court.. or 10 brave independent lawyers come together and sign up to file a case to be heard at the high court.At the very least I don't think they can or will arrest all 10 lawyers for simply representing a citizen....Another suggestion I have to practically support this case is to urge Gambians to come up with contributions for Imam Leigh's defense fund... I would pledge $200 to this fund and if we have 100 - 200 Gambians pledging minimum of $100 dollars we are looking at $40,000 almost D1.3 million dalasis for defense fund... Do we have this commitment from our fellow Gambians on this list to do this project... anybody can lead this effort... from Europe, US, and anywhere around the world...Can we do this, any suggestion from anybody...
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