Kejau Who's in the picture - advocate or victim? Burama On Monday, September 8, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Gambia's lameduck National Assembly controlled by the ruling APRC > party passed a bill imposing life sentences for repeated gay offenders as > well as for 'aggravated' offences such as for those living with HIV/AIDS, > last month. The bill , which is yet to received Presidential signature, but > has as usual, only been voted against by two opposition national assembly > members. This came about as a boycott by the major opposition in the last > elections. > > In a nation, where the president and other political leaders often issue > grave anti-gay rants, even on world stage. President Jammeh went on to the > world stage in the UN last year, describing gays as vermins more deadly > then the tsunamis and earth quakes and went on to say that gays are a > threat to human existence. > > Prior to passing this bill, gay related offenders could be sentenced to up > to 15 years in prison and in 2005, the criminal code had been amended to > include lebians. 18 gay men were arrested and charged with homosexual > offences and Jammeh had previously gone on state TV threatening to cut the > heads off any gays found in The Gambia. > > Gambia's economy depends heavily on taxation, tourism as well as on aid > from EU and USA, some of whose tax payers are gays. > > Gambia is a predominantly muslim country and even though Islam treats gays > the same way as it treats promiscuity, many Gambians uses religion to > justify human right abuses against gays and lesbians and the leadership has > not help. The president has constantly and consistently misrepresented the > demands by the EU for more observation of human rights, as demands to > iintroduce gay rights in the isolated West African nation. He has > successfully used this mispresentation to garner support for his constant > bashing the EU and as well as perpetuating human rights abuses on his > political opponents. > Read More > <http://gambiadaily.co.uk/index.php/26-gambia-national-assembly-imposes-life-sentences-for-some-gay-offences>Comment > (0) > <http://gambiadaily.co.uk/index.php/26-gambia-national-assembly-imposes-life-sentences-for-some-gay-offences#section-kmt>Hits: > 41 > > ------------------------------ > From: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > To: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > Subject: RE: Jammeh Uplifts War College Graduates > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:16:29 +0200 > > About the war college, it is another name for staff college, the > military's highest training college and nothing special, by the way. > > Kejau > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 17:41:44 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > Subject: Re: Jammeh Uplifts War College Graduates > To: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > > Kejau > Jammeh has long ago disregard the normal military code of conduct. He do > as he see fit and to cause division and mistrust among the army which > serves him better. The key news is war college. The man seems to be > preparing for anything to safeguard his power. Thanks > Suntou > On 8 Sep 2014 16:34, "Kejau Touray" <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > > Thanks Suntou for sharing. But my God, Jarju has about 6 years in the army > and he is a Colonel already and gone to Senior Staff College, whilst Papou, > though with over 20yrs in the army, he was a regimental sergeant major and > should never have anything more than a Lt. Colonel. > What is happening in the armed forces now? > > Kejau > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 13:46:46 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > Subject: Jammeh Uplifts War College Graduates > To: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > > http://www.kaironews.com/news/jammeh-uplifts-war-college-graduates/ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤