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Karamba
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 Posted - 29 Aug 2012 : 01:35:43
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Civil society organisations and general citizens of Senegal are bracing for mass demontrations in venting out their anger against president Yahya Jammeh over recent killings of inmates that includes two Senegalese nationals.
Resulting from this brutal killing, information has it that Senegal recalled their ambassador in Banjul with immediate effect. Where all that leaves relations between Gambia and Senegal while Jammeh remains in power only you can tell.
It can be recalled that Senegal never take serious the burden of Gambia caused by Jammeh in all these years. Now their own citizens fall under the sharp weapons of Jammeh, a swift reaction followed.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 29 Aug 2012 : 11:51:19
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Dakar anger at Gambian executions
Senegal's government summons Gambia's ambassador to protest against the execution of two of its nationals by firing squad.
President Macky Sall said he would expel the ambassador if he did not attend a meeting on Wednesday.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 30 Aug 2012 : 12:45:08
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Senegal summons Gambian ambassador over executions, As US, UN others urge halt to executions
The Point: Published on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Senegal has formally protested to The Gambia about the execution of two of its nationals on Sunday.
Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye summoned The Gambia’s ambassador Mass Axi Gai on Wednesday and demanded that the life of a third Senegalese death-row prisoner be spared.
Earlier on Tuesday, Senegalese President Macky Sall said that he has summoned Gambia’s ambassador after confirming that two of its nationals were among nine prisoners executed by firing squad in Gambia amid international outcry.
Sall joined international appeals for Gambia to halt planned executions of death row prisoners.
“I have asked the prime minister to summon the ambassador of The Gambia tomorrow to notify the position of the state of Senegal. If he does not come at the appointed time, he will leave Senegal,” Sall told a news conference late on Tuesday.
The BBC’s Mame Less Camara in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, says Mr Mbaye warned the ambassador that relations between the two countries would take a turn for the worse if the remaining Senegalese on death row was executed.
The ambassador promised to take the message “up the chain of command”, a Senegalese government official is quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
Mr Mbaye summoned the ambassador to his office following a directive from President Macky Sall, who said he was dismayed and surprised that the executions took place without Senegal being informed through diplomatic channels.
Senegal’s Sall, who saw off incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in a March presidential election, has sought to enlist Gambian cooperation to end a low-intensity separatist rebellion in the Casamance region that skirts Senegal’s neighbour.
The United States also condemned “the lack of transparency and haste” of the executions and an apparent lack of due process leading to the death sentences.
The ministry of the Interior confirmed on Monday it had executed nine death row inmates following their convictions and pronouncements of death sentences by the Gambian courts of competent jurisdiction and further to the exhaustion of their appeals.
“Halt Executions”
The U.N. special rapporteur on arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, said the executions were a step backward for The Gambia, which has had a 27-year moratorium on the death penalty and abolished capital punishment for drug offences in April 2011.
Heyns also raised concern over the trials and the execution of the sentences.
“According to available evidence the trials did not meet due process safeguards,” Heyns said in a statement.
“The executions were carried out in secrecy, away from the public and from the families, and do not meet the requirements of transparency.”
In Washington, the State Department said it was “greatly concerned” by the executions and called on the Gambia government to stop them, pending further review.
“The United States calls on President Jammeh to immediately halt all executions in order to review all of The Gambia’s capital cases and ensure that they are in accordance with The Gambia’s domestic law and its international obligations,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
Also the European Union has called on Gambia to stop executing death row inmates, and said the bloc would come up with a quick but unspecified response.
“I strongly condemn the executions which have reportedly taken place on Thursday 23 August 2012, following President Jammeh’s stated intention to carry out all death penalties before mid-September,” EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement.
“I demand the immediate halt of the executions.”
“In light of these executions, the European Union will urgently consider an appropriate response,” Ashton said.
She reminded Gambia of a commitment to respect human rights in an accord between the bloc and a number of African countries.
The EU plans to give Gambia 65.4 million euros from 2008 to 2013 under a European Development Fund programme. The aid funds projects in areas such as infrastructure and governance.
Author: Reuters/BBC
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 00:01:53
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Senegal threatens sanctions against Gambia
AP: Published 31-08-2012
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegalese President Macky Sall is calling for sanctions against the neighboring nation of Gambia, after that country's President Yahya Jammeh began executing prisoners on death row, vowing to kill all 47 inmates before the end of September. Last week, nine were executed, including two Senegalese nationals. Among the 38 remaining prisoners identified as still being on death row, vowing to kill all 47 inmates before the end of September.
Last week, nine were executed, including two Senegalese nationals. Among the 38 remaining prisoners identified as still being on death row by Amnesty International, there is at least one more Senegalese citizen.
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bread man
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 01:03:22
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| I rest my case and salute all you bantaba soldiers. Brother Karamba, you deserve a star. |
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 01:25:08
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Originally posted by bread man
I rest my case and salute all you bantaba soldiers. Brother Karamba, you deserve a star.
Bread Man,
You deserve even greater respect. There was no moment in the whole past when your sincerity has been compromised or questioned. You believed in something and not the hasty type to back off.
Now you have seen what those of us sought convey. Trust me I am far from hating the person of Jammeh. If only he realised how much selfish opportunists want him down yet sucking him. |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 13:29:23
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| Senegal is saying that there were in fact 4 of their citizens on death row. Families want the bodies of those executed. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 16:51:47
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Sympathy to the relatives.
I have seen nothing about the burial of these executed prisoners,I would observe however that as Gambia is a Muslim country I understand that there are rules regarding burial of bodies of Muslims,have these been complied with?
MAYBE a Muslim scholar would care to tell us exactly what they are.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 17:44:46
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From what is said, these bodies have been subjected to very disrespecing treatment. Dumping without rituals is highly probable. Jammeh has proven his total lack of respect and value for human life.
Jammeh once said that, and I quote " If God does not want anyone in heaven, you will not enter there. Similarly if he Jammeh does not want anyone alive in Gambia, you will not live." Wider implications of this statement is that Jammeh has been playing God for long time.
Another statement of Jammeh he often brings up is that he has people lined up that Laws of Gambia empowers him to kill. According to Jammeh, why would he spare those and then turn around to kill his political opponents ? Not me buying that deceitful take.
All that is now clear confirms that Jammeh emerged the killer he has been known for. He confessed it this time and that's the difference. |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 04 Sep 2012 : 00:48:41
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Karamba, our open call to Gambians is manifesting day by day. This means, we do not habour any dislike of Yahya Jammeh. But his conduct as a president is a total nightmare for defenceless Gambians.
At least, we can say, we were not silent in exposing a Gangstar. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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Momodou
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Posted - 04 Sep 2012 : 14:11:33
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Originally posted by toubab1020
Sympathy to the relatives.
I have seen nothing about the burial of these executed prisoners,I would observe however that as Gambia is a Muslim country I understand that there are rules regarding burial of bodies of Muslims,have these been complied with?
MAYBE a Muslim scholar would care to tell us exactly what they are.
Toubab, the remains of these people should be handed over to their relatives and buried according to their beliefs. |
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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Sep 2012 : 23:31:04
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| I read news covering this issue and it is implied by those reports that after the so called elders met the VP she made mention of the fact that those claiming for sanctions against the Gambia should remember that their compatriots reside therein too, which is seen to be a threat and in all reality is indeed a threat. Can't this government backtrack and live up to normal routines of governance and diplomatic parleys ....any way let them keep on this track and we shall see where it leads them...damn fools. My references are all French news outlets I mean French speaking and based in Senegal. Yaya talks big pretending to be the bravest man on earth but we shall see sooner or later if he really is the valiant man he claims himself to be..... |
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Momodou
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toubab1020
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Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 19:07:20
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No Muslim Scholar has made a written response on Bantaba.
BUT Foroyaa on line newspaper has come up with the accurate answer here:
http://www.foroyaa.gm/index.php/burning-issues/11206-families-hold-7-days-charity-for-executed-prisoners-still-no-information-from-the-state-on-the-burials
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Originally posted by toubab1020
Sympathy to the relatives.
I have seen nothing about the burial of these executed prisoners,I would observe however that as Gambia is a Muslim country I understand that there are rules regarding burial of bodies of Muslims,have these been complied with?
MAYBE a Muslim scholar would care to tell us exactly what they are.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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bread man
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Momodou
Denmark
11738 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2012 : 17:07:43
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Gambia's President Jammeh halts executions amid outcry
BBC: Published on 15 September 2012
 Gambian President Yahya Jemmeh has ordered that execution of prisoners on death row be suspended, amid an international outcry.
Nine prisoners have been executed since his vow in August to clear death row.
The executions were the first in The Gambia, a popular tourist destination, in 27 years, and human rights groups say it was mostly political prisoners who died.
A statement said the president was responding to "numerous appeals".
But it warned that the halt could be temporary.
"What happens next will be dictated by either declining violent crime rate, in which case the moratorium will be indefinite, or an increase in violent crime rate, in which case the moratorium will be lifted automatically," the statement said, according to Reuters news agency.
The executions were opposed by the African Union as well as human rights groups.
Benin, which currently holds the chair of the African Union, sent its foreign minister to The Gambia to warn Mr Jammeh not to carry out any executions.
On Friday, a Gambian opposition political grouping told the BBC it was planning to create a government in exile in neighbouring Senegal within days.
Its leader, Sheikh Sidia Bayo said he was spurred to create the new group by the recent execution of some death-row prisoners.
The aim of the National Transitional Council of The Gambia (CNTG) was to see the end of President Yahya Jammeh's "dictatorship", he said.
The death penalty was abolished when former President Dawda Jawara led the country but was reinstated shortly after Mr Jammeh seized power in 1994.
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