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Momodou
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 Posted - 04 May 2006 : 12:56:28
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DENTON DENIED ACCESS TO COUNSELS
Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has informed this paper that they are yet to have access to their client, Mariam Denton, who is currently incarcerated at the Mile Two Central Prison.
Mr. Darboe said Neneh Cham Chongan went to Mile Two Prison on Tuesday to see Mariam Denton, but the Prison wardens had told her that they have not been given the green light to allow her to meet her client.
“We will see what to do. We will have consultation amongst ourselves,” Darboe remarked.
A recent court ruling has made it categorically clear that the detainee has the right to have access to a counsel of their choice.
Denton is the most senior female member of the Bar Association. She has defended some of those who were found liable by the Paul commission. She was arrested following the abortive coup, which led to the arrest of prominent figures. Efforts to reach the Director General of Prison’s on phone bore naught.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 34/2006, 4-7 May, 2006
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 May 2006 : 15:20:14
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| My advise to Lawyer Ousainou Draboe is; let him continue with his practice and declare himself leaving politics, dissolve UDP and adive its supporters to rally under NADD. I love him for his professionalism, justice and defender of human rights but hate him badly for his political strategies. |
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OB1
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Posted - 04 May 2006 : 16:18:41
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kobo,
I am not sure if HATE is the word....But I agree that Darboe should NEVER have pulled out of NADD. He is a serious spolier, and by defualt is helping Jammeh regain another term! Shame. The good news is this:
Lawyer Darboe Pls. Pls. pls. It is not too late to rally your supporters together with Hamt Bah and join forces with NADD. If you do this YOU will be the hero that changes the course of histroy in the Gambia. We are watching, do it for the generations yet unborn.
Peace, Sir.
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Bronx
USA
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Posted - 04 May 2006 : 17:19:58
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Why is it that you guys always ask Darbo to do this or that but never demand the same of the others. What made you guys think he will listen to you. Kobo hate him any ways. These guys have more supporters than NADD and you think they will let NADD call the shots. Dream on. Politics is about numbers if you ain't got it you can't bluff the other party. That is what NADD supporters are trying to do. Bluff UDP/NRP without the numbers?
May Darbo and others fighting to get Mrs Denton release get her out as soon as possible. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 May 2006 : 05:18:37
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| Bronx there is no way Darboe and Hamat can make it. The NADD integration and strategy is good and more dynamic. Another 10 years for Jammeh, as there is clear victory in Election 2006 as a foregone conclusion. The trbalism trump card would not help here as the major opposition are counting on that. The unity that created NADD is the best strategy and some elements made it to disintegrate for selfish and irresponsible reasons. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 May 2006 : 07:29:03
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Originally posted by Bronx
Why is it that you guys always ask Darbo to do this or that but never demand the same of the others. What made you guys think he will listen to you. Kobo hate him any ways. These guys have more supporters than NADD and you think they will let NADD call the shots. Dream on. Politics is about numbers if you ain't got it you can't bluff the other party. That is what NADD supporters are trying to do. Bluff UDP/NRP without the numbers?
May Darbo and others fighting to get Mrs Denton release get her out as soon as possible.
Bronx the prospects are not there for UDP under Darboes leadership and NRP under Hat Bah to topple Jammeh's APRC. Thats the reality. The last general elections was more favourable to Darboe and UDP but we the supporters were dissapointed in losing the battle as Sheriff Dibba, Hamat Bah did not promote uniting the opposition for their own selfish reasons. let me tell you I have voted Darboe since UDP existed and I do follow the political trends at home but if he is willing to join the NADD united front with Hamat Bah things are more prospective. Don't stay there to laugh another 10 years of Jammeh. |
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Bronx
USA
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Posted - 05 May 2006 : 19:58:50
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Kobo,
My point of contention with you guys is your adamant and resolute position that Darbo has to fold. Negotiations are a two way street. You give and you take. But NADD supporters have become ideologues. They keeping asking Darbo to join them but not the other way around.If the UDP/NRP has a broader base of support than NADD, why don't you guys join them if all you want is to see Jammeh gone. You are bargaining or trying to bluff an alliance with a bigger support base. It will not work. They've made their stance known and i respect that. |
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Dalton1
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Posted - 05 May 2006 : 22:47:16
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One good character I look for in selecting a leader is one who is humble, and not excessive for power. With Nadd as an alliance, each of the parties- Udp, Pdois, Ppp, Ndam and Nrp all had equal votes, 3 from each in the permanent executive and 1 temporal in the case of an absence. It is also stipulated in the MOU they unanimously agreed at the beginning that the selection of a flag bearer must be done by consensus-first from the executive. If it cannot agree on one, then to the committee. If it cannot agree on one, then to the supporters, where equal number of supporters trusted from different regions of the country will undergo a voting process. In looking at the three votes from each of the parties, why would party ‘structure’, 'majority' and 'minority come in play? I hope those that quit the union comes back to it, for if they should betray us at that level, then to which other level can they be trusted. There are a lot of untouchables in this political game, and one very well that cannot find fair public debate is our Gambian culture of ‘terri-kafo’ pandemic. I no longer call it tribalism, after I got enlightened on it. I realized that Gambians (some of us) are more excessive for individual supporting, and the tendency that our own part will exceed these selfish leaders cannot be overemphasized. This is in people of all tribes- Fulbe, Mandinkas, Jolas, Wollofs, etc… The sour relationship between certain members of it, some political rivalism and some fortunetelling tales didn’t let the game end. Whether the coup, the torture, detentions and harassments of our citizenry, the blame of which should be placed on the heads of these selfish politicians, whose nationalistic backwardness is in the open.
As for Mariam Denton, my heart bleeds for her. It shows real betrayal from the bar, and her associates. It's another lesson for being divided. Being divided empowers the one associating himself with magic, now we will all pay a bitter price. We are beginning to see the beginning of mystery, since most of us respect divisions, 'divide and rule' syndrome. |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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Sitasungo
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Posted - 05 May 2006 : 23:19:08
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Hey
I think some of you are missing the point here.The issue the writer want us to discuss is counil for MARIAMA DENTON was denied access not whether Darboe should Join us or not.What ever Darboe's motives was for leaving NADD is best known to him.All I can say is we will do our best to deseminate our message to the people and leave the Gambian people to make a choice.
sitasungo [The unofficial spokesman NADD]laughs.
We in NADD are being tought political maturity |
Edited by - Sitasungo on 05 May 2006 23:22:18 |
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Dalton1
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Posted - 05 May 2006 : 23:38:22
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Sitasungo, thanks for helping not to loose the topic, though topics are inter-related.
The constitutional stipulations on detainees is clear.
"any one arrested must be charged in a court of law within 72 hrs or released unconditionally. every one charged in a court of law have right to counsel." That's in a place where the constitution is followed. But why are the people so dormant with it. it very well hurts that Nyabally is also in a similar situation. one by one,they will all be disgraced behind bars. |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 May 2006 : 01:37:42
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Originally posted by Bronx
Kobo,
My point of contention with you guys is your adamant and resolute position that Darbo has to fold. Negotiations are a two way street. You give and you take. But NADD supporters have become ideologues. They keeping asking Darbo to join them but not the other way around.If the UDP/NRP has a broader base of support than NADD, why don't you guys join them if all you want is to see Jammeh gone. You are bargaining or trying to bluff an alliance with a bigger support base. It will not work. They've made their stance known and i respect that.
Bronx let me remind you that Darboe did not create UDP. It was a united front from the old political order of Defunct United Party (UP), Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), National Convention Party (NCP) during the heydays of military rule aftermath of July 22 coup. They were desperate to restore democracy as the sanctions were hitting rocks and Darboe was invited into politics to save the situation. Now things have changed and before the forhcoming elections of 2006, all opposition parties attempted to unite for strategic reasons as they know that's going to be a good victory for them as the signs are there. Why can't they resolve the differences of opinion and bargain a new deal before its too late. What do you perceive should bring them to unite, do you have any anwsers? |
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jambo
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Posted - 09 May 2006 : 09:46:58
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| has Denton been given access to counsels!?!? this is serious. |
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Sitasungo
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Posted - 10 May 2006 : 00:07:19
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No,
Anyway not to my knowledge as I am not very close to the UDP camp but I think the dictator has ditched his hands in every sector of the state machinery and thus no organ can move without him.However he is a showman and may surprisingly release all these people when the African Heads of States come to Banjul as a show to tell the outside world the he is truely democratic.
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Edited by - Sitasungo on 10 May 2006 00:09:41 |
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sab
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:21:50
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Maybe tomorrow when the African Commission on Human People’s Rights(ACHPR) begin there meeting - 11th – 25th May in Banjul..
sab
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The world would be a poorer place if it was peopled by children whose parents risked nothing in the cause of social justice, for fear of personal loss. (Joe Slovo - African revolutionary) |
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jambo
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Posted - 10 May 2006 : 10:58:16
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I think that there is something wrong about the african commission on human rights meets in Gambia 11-25th may. Will someone be presenting them with the facts and figures on the present inmates at mile 8.
it is a pity that Gambians do not demonstrate or picket events. In europe and usa someone would have organised a demonstration/sit in or presented a letter.
Will any Gambia step forward and do this.
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