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Newfy
Western Samoa
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 Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 03:10:12
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This press release about the detention of those in the
attempted coup was in the Gambia Journal. Where are
the detainees now. To help change their situation, letters
are needed addressing this issue. Pls read below..
http://www.thegambiajournal.com/artman/publish/article_975.shtml
Press Release Last Updated: Apr 26th, 2006 - 08:36:26
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Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ill-treatment
By Amnesty International
Apr 27, 2006, 08:31
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PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 27/005/2006
25 April 2006
Further Information on UA 69/06 (AFR 27/001/2006, 28 March 2006) and follow-ups (AFR 27/002/2006, 6 April 2006; AFR 27/003/2006, 10 April 2006) - Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ill-treatment
GAMBIA
Major Sang Pierre Mendy (m)
Captain Muhammed Jah (m)
Captain Bunja Darboe (m)
Lt Wassa Camara (m)
Alpha Bah (m), sergeant-major
Mamadou Cadi Cham (m), former minister - released
Ramzia Diab (f), former MP of the ruling APRC party - released
Musa Saydikhan (m), Chief Editor of The Independent - released
Madi Caesar (m), Independent administrator - released
Raif Diab (m), businessperson, aged around 70 - released
Mariam Denton (f), lawyer
Sheriff Mustapha Dibba (m), Speaker of the House - released
Abdoulaye Kanaji Jawla (m), MP for the ruling APRC party - released
Ngorr Secka (m), acting Deputy Director General of the NIA
Pa Njie Guirigara (m), businessman - released
Abdoulie Kujabi (m), former National Intelligence Agency Director
At least 8 others
New names: Lamin Fatty (m), reporter with The Independent
Kemo Balajo (m), former senior officer of the National Intelligence Agency –
One other
Nine of those detained in connection with the alleged coup attempt of 21 March are now known to have been released without charge. Some of them had been tortured or ill-treated . At least 20 are now in custody. They are held incommunicado and without charge, and are at serious risk of torture.
The 10 in custody whose names were not known are now known to have included Independent reporter Lamin Fatty, who was arrested on 10 April. He is believed to be held at the NIA headquarters. Another of the 10 was former senior NIA officer Kemo Balajo, who was released on 15 April but reportedly rearrested four days later.
Abdoulaye Kanaji Jawla, MP for the ruling APRC party and businessperson Pa Njie Guirigara were released on or around 11 April. Sheriff Mustapha Dibba, Speaker of the House, was released on 15 April.
On 20 April six people were released without charge but are obliged to report to the police every morning: Raif Diab, Ramzia Diab, Mamadou Cadi Cham and one NIA employee had been kept in solitary confinement. The Independent's General Manager, Madi Ceesay, and Editor-in-Chief, Musa Saidykhan, were also released without charge on 20 April but on the same condition of reporting daily to the police.
The Independent has not yet been allowed to resume production.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in English or your own language:
- expressing concern that at least 20 people are still detained incommunicado for their supposed involvement in an attempted coup;
- seeking assurances that they are not being tortured or ill-treated, and urging the authorities to give them regular access to their families, lawyers and any medical attention they may require;
- urging the authorities to release them immediately, unless they are to be charged with a recognizably criminal offence;
- if they are to be charged, asking for details of the charges against them and when they are to be put on trial.
APPEALS TO:
President and Minister of Defence
Captain (retd.) Alhaji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh
Office of the President
State House, Banjul
Republic of the Gambia
Fax: + 220 4227 034
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Interior
M. Baboucarr Jatta
Ministry of Interior
71 Dobson Street, Banjul
Gambia
Fax: +220 420 1320
Salutation: Dear Minister
Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice
M. Sheikh Tijan Hydara
Department of State for Justice and Attorney General's Chambers
Marina Parade
Banjul
Republic of the Gambia
Fax: + 220 4225 352
Salutation: Dear Secretary of State
COPIES TO: diplomatic representatives of Gambia accredited to your country.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 6 June 2006.
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bamba
Sweden
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Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 08:25:24
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Newfy, to sit down and draft an appeal, a petition, is a piece of cake. But what effects do they have in countries ruled by despots? People would like to see results of their endeavours. In all offices there are waste paper baskets, where despots dump apeals that dont comform with their wishes.
At times I think organisations like Amnesty international, etc, etc, are meant for countries where democracies have a face. Sending appeals and petitions to despots aggregate to share waste of time and energy. Mass protests are what shake the buttocks of despots. Look at Nepal today, to cite just one exmple. |
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kassma
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Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 08:28:03
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quote:
Originally posted by bamba
Newfy, to sit down and draft an appeal, a petition, is a piece of cake. But what effects do they have in countries ruled by despots? People would like to see results of their endeavours. In all offices there are waste paper baskets, where despots dump apeals that dont comform with their wishes.
At times I think organisations like Amnesty international, etc, etc, are meant for countries where democracies have a face. Sending appeals and petitions to despots aggregate to share waste of time and energy. Mass protests are what shake the buttocks of despots. Look at Nepal today, to cite just one exmple.
you have to try at least |
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bamba
Sweden
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Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 08:56:21
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| Right, there is nothing wrong with trying. But trying until one retires in pension ages without result, is a futile attempt. |
Bamba |
Edited by - bamba on 27 Apr 2006 08:56:51 |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
462 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2006 : 21:53:12
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Bamba, I understand where you are coming from, but I can not
sit on my hands and watch idly here far far away.. I have do
something from the heart..I believe if pressure is applied in many places, eventually, "the boil" will be released.
There is a thing called a tipping point where all actions add up and become greater than the sum of the parts. We are all interconnected.
I also believe Bamba, in the big scheme of things
"Y'Allah mo ko xam" |
The law an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mohandas Gandhi |
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