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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 18 Jan 2012 : 09:50:14
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Gambia 'coup': Ex-minister Janneh jailed
17 January 2012
 A former Gambian information minister has been sentenced to life for plotting to overthrow President Yahya Jammeh.
Amadou Scatred Janneh - who is also a US national - was found guilty of treason and distributing seditious T-shirts.
Three others were sentenced to six years, with hard labour.
President Jammeh - who took power in the tiny West African state in a bloodless coup in 1994 - has been accused of oppressing his critics.
Mr Janneh, 48, was communications minister in 2005 and 2006.
He also used to work as the political and economic affairs officer of the US Embassy in Banjul, capital of The Gambia - a popular tourist destination for Europeans.
The T-shirts the four defendants were accused of distributing last year bore the slogan "Coalition for Change The Gambia, End to Dictatorship Now".
Mr Janneh's lawyers said they will appeal against the verdict, the AFP news agency reports.
President Jammeh was re-elected in December for the fourth time in a widely criticised poll boycotted by observers.
Source: BBC
Related topic: Foroyaa Online - National News : Life Imprisonment for Dr. Scattred Janneh
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2012 : 10:45:11
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DAILY OBSERVER NEWS;
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Momodou
Denmark
11646 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2012 : 20:58:26
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18 January 2012
Amnesty International: The Gambia must release activists jailed for distributing T-shirts
 Gambian activist Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour for treason.
“The conviction of these men is a violation of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association. ”
Source: Lucy Freeman, Amnesty International’s researcher on the Gambia. Date: Wed, 18/01/2012
Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of four activists arrested over the distribution of T-shirts calling for an end to dictatorship in the Gambia.
One activist, Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, the country's former Minister for Information and Communication, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour for treason. Modou Keita, Ebrima Jallow and Michael Uche Thomas were each sentenced to three years with hard labour for sedition.
The four were arrested in June 2011 after distributing T-shirts made by the NGO “Coalition for Change – The Gambia” (CCG), which featured the slogan "End to Dictatorship Now".
“The conviction of these men is a violation of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association,” said Lucy Freeman, Amnesty International’s researcher on the Gambia.
“President Jammeh is once again proving that he does not tolerate any form of criticism and is ruthlessly persecuting anyone who speaks out against his regime.”
Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, who has American citizenship, was arrested in his office on 7 June for being in possession of the CCG T-shirts. Michael Uche Thomas, a Nigerian, and Modou Keita and Ebrima Jallow, both Gambians, were arrested on the same day, accused of printing the T-shirts.
The four men were sentenced at the Special Criminal Court in Banjul. Charges were initially brought at the Banjul Magistrate Court on 13 June and the case was later transferred to the High Court.
“These men are prisoners of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally. Gambia must stop such acts of persecution and allow criticism to be heard in the country,” said Lucy Freeman.
Journalists and activists In Gambia, are routinely subjected to human rights violations, such as unlawful arrests and detentions, torture, unfair trials, harassment, assaults and death threats, making it extremely difficult for them to do their work.
Amnesty International has urged the international community to publicly condemn human rights violations in the Gambia, such as arbitrary arrests, torture, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances.
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 11:52:32
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shaka
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Posted - 21 Jan 2012 : 00:47:28
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| I think it is about time we set a vigilante lynch mob on these pathetic marcenary dogs opertating within our justice system. They not only exibit a total disrespect for our constitution but also show an absolute contempt for our veritable tolerance towards people of all shades and kind, warmly welcomed to our loving country. It is about time someone teach them the hard way that the principles of natural justice overides the cruel wishes and intentions of an evil dictator. How long do we have to endure these kind of embarassment for headlines on the global press. If it is not a new found cure for AIDS, then it is the hunting and poisoning of 'witches' or jailing innocent Gambians for flimsy and stupid charges like this by the dictator and his corhort. I am absolutely livid!!! |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2012 : 12:52:52
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jan 2012 : 17:46:59
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GAINAKO NEWS WITH A COMMENTARY;
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Jan 2012 : 00:24:36
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