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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 19:54:20
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Detention Without Trial Or Disappearance Without Trace
By Fabakary B. Ceesay
31-12-10
We have now come to the last day of the year 2010 and still some Gambian families continue to worry and ponder over the continuous detention and long disappearance of their family heads and love ones who were picked up by men in plain clothes . Some of these people were picked up years and months ago by people mostly on board numberless vehicles.
Foroyaa assigned this reporter to visit some of the affected families to find out whether anything has changed.
The people listed below have disappeared from their families and they could not establish their whereabouts since they were taken away.
Mrs Marcie (Masireh) Jammeh and Mr Haruna Jammeh, are both from Kanilai. The family of Masireh and Haruna Jammeh said their family heads were taken away on 14th July 2005 in their presence and since then, they never set their eyes on them or heard of their whereabouts.
Mr. Jarsaja (Sarja) Kujabi, a native of Foni Dobong went missing since in the summer of 2005. Jasarja’s family said he was arrested while he was working on his farm. They said he was escorted to his home to change his farming clothes and was later taken away. The family said they have left no stone unturned with a view to getting information about him, but to no avail.
Corporal Alfusainey Jammeh of The Gambia Prison Service said to be stationed as guard at the compound of the Director General of The Gambia Prisons Service, Mr. David Colley, was called to report to Police Headquarters in Banjul in the summer of 2005 and never returned home. His family said he called from the Police Headquarters to inform them that he was detained, but did not give any reason for his detention. The family said they are reliably informed that Alfusainey is detained at the maximum security wing at Mile Two Prison, though they could not have access to him.
The Ex- District Chief of Foni Kansala, Alhagi Momodou Lamin Nyassi and his two friends, Alhagi Buba Sanyang (alias Bubai) and Ndongo Mboob, all natives of Foni Bwiam, went missing on the same day. Their families said the three friends were picked up by men in plain clothes on board a numberless pickup vehicle in the evening of 4 April 2006, as the trio was seeing each other off after a visit to one of them. The families said since then, they never heard of or traced their whereabouts, even though they tried all avenues available to them.
Journalist Ebrima Manneh (alias Chief Manneh), a State House reporter for the Daily Observer newspaper went missing since 7th July 2006. His family said he left for work on that day and never returned home. The father said he approached the authorities and influential personalities within the country for them to intervene to help in the search of his son, but his efforts did not yield any fruits. He said he has visited all the known prisons and many police stations across the country in search of his lost son, but the authorities never allowed him access to the security installations. The father said at one point, while approaching a very influential person in the government for her intervention in his son’s case, he was subsequently arrested by the security guards of that influential person. He said he was later released after the said person ordered the security guards to release him.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) took the matter to the Regional Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja for The Gambia government to release him. The Gambian authorities never appeared before the Court even though the Court made it known that they were served with summon of the suit filed against them. The Gambia government failed to appear in any of the sittings, and the panel of judges ruled in favour of the plaintiff and asked the Banjul authorities to release Journalist Manneh and compensate him an amount of US 100,000. The Gambia government broke the silence eight months after the judgment and denied that Manneh is in their custody.
Mr. Kanyiba Kanyi, an employee of the Christian Children Fund (CCF), went missing since 18th September 2006. His family said he was arrested by men in plain clothes on board a cab at his house in Bonto village in Kombo East while they looked on. They said his junior brother was later arrested in the same evening and detained over night at the Serious Crime Unit at Police Headquarters in Banjul.
His family said they took Lawyer Ousainou Darboe who filed a “Habeas Corpus” at the High Court for the State to produce him, but to no avail. They said the matter has been in Court for almost four years and nothing progressive is coming forth. They added that they do not even know where the case stands as at now.
Mr. Alieu Lowe and Mr. Abdoulie Njie, both residents of Fagi kunda, were arrested on the 27 March, shortly after the 21 March 2006, abortive coup said to be masterminded by then Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Colonel Ndure Cham. Their families said they are currently being detained at the Mile Two Central Prison. They said they are allowed access to them. The family said they are not aware of any charges against them in a law Court since their arrest.
Mr. Ebou Jarju, a former Steward at State House, who was first arrested on 20th March 2008, in the presence of his family was held at Banjul Police station up to 11 January 2009 when he was released without any charges, only to be re-arrested a week later. His family said he is currently held at the Mile Two Central Prison. They said they could not have access to him since then.
Major Wally Nyang, of The Gambia Armed Forces, said to be arrested on March 5, 2010, is yet to be seen by his family. His family said they last saw him on the last weekend of February 2010. They said they were reliably informed that he is currently detained at the Mile Two Prison.
Source: Foroyaa
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2011 : 22:06:41
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FOROYAA NEWS UPDATE WITH NEW NAMES ON LIST;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2011 : 16:30:00
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THE POINT EDITORIAL;
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Scorpiorain
Barbados
152 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2011 : 21:02:59
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That feeling when you realise your loved one is "The One"... The next in a long line of enforced disappearances. By it's very nature you are gripped by fear...
Disappearances work on two levels: not only do they silence opponents and critics who have disappeared, but they also create uncertainty and fear in the wider community, silencing others who would oppose and criticise. Disappearances entail the violation of many fundamental human rights. For the disappeared person, these include the right to liberty, the right to personal security and humane treatment (including freedom from torture), the right to a fair trial, to legal counsel and to equal protection under the law, and the right of presumption of innocence among others. Their families, who often spend the rest of their lives searching for information on the disappeared, are also victims.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity
No matter where you go or who you speak to you are met by a wall of silence. Two years later I still cannot write about this without my heart pounding. My hands shaking as I type. I'm one of the lucky ones. I know where my loved one is. It took us a long time... far far longer than the 72hrs allowed under the constitution. There are no happy endings to these disappearances. You can try to forget but the months of total sensory deprivation, starvation and torture are some days too much to bear. When you know. When you really know that feeling it can never go away. Not really...
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2011 : 20:43:57
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FOROYAA NEWS AND EDITORIAL;
MORE FROM BANTABA OPINION POLL AND BANTABA GAMBIAN POLITICS TOPIC;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2011 : 02:00:17
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MAAFANTA.COM WITH DIDA HILAKI COMMENTARY;
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Scorpiorain
Barbados
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2012 : 04:24:30
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FREEDOM ON-LINE NEWS WITH UPDATES;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 19 Mar 2012 : 05:32:02
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MAAFANTA.COM WITH DIDA HILAKI COMMENTARY;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 19 Mar 2012 : 05:34:16
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THE DAILY NEWS UPDATE;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2012 : 23:04:31
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FOROYAA BURNING ISSUES NEWS;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2012 : 23:58:21
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FREEDOM NEWS;
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Momodou
Denmark
11640 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jun 2012 : 16:30:31
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Former State House Steward Released After 3 Yrs in Detention
By Binta A Bah
Friday, June 29, 2012
 Aformer steward at State House has been released after spending 3 years under the custody of the state, The Daily News can reliably report.
Ebou Jarju on Tuesday June 26, between the hours of 3-4pm, left Mile 2, State Central Prison, situated at the outskirts of Banjul, and walked home as a freeman.
Believed to be in his late 30s, MrJarjue is a native of Darsilameh, a village in the Kombo Central district of the West Coast region of The Gambia.
Media reports have it that he was first arrested in 2008 and detained at the police headquarters in Banjul up to 2009.
The former steward was then released, only for the state security agents to re-arrest him shortly afterwards.
He has since been reportedly detained at Mile II until on Tuesday when he was said to have been released allegedly on a presidential directive.
A source close to his family told this paper that no charge was levied against him. No reason was advanced for his arrest and detention, nor was he taken to court, even though The Gambian constitution forbids such detention beyond 72hours.
“Ebou Jarjue got the information on Tuesday June 26, [that he was free] when he returned from the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital for medical check up,” our source said.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 22 Aug 2012 : 15:36:14
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After Nearly 7 Years In Unlawful Detention Kanilai Native Freed
The Daily News: Published on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Nearly seven years after his arrest, Alfusainey Jammeh, a native of President Yahya Jammeh’s birth village of Kanilai, has been released on Friday August 17, The Daily News can reliably report.
Alfusainey Jammeh, a prison warden, was arrested since October 19, 2005. His family has confirmed that he has never been taken to any court of law, neither has he been charged with an offence.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Nov 2012 : 22:46:53
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UPDATE FROM FOROYAA BURNING ISSUES NEWS;
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Feb 2013 : 08:42:14
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UPDATE FROM FOROYAA BURNING ISSUES NEWS;
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