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"Gambia must end this assault on human rights"
Sunday, 18 July 2010 12:31
The Gambia must end assault on human rights, said Amnesty International which,
in collaboration with some Daispora Gambian organizations, is coordinating a Global Day of Action campaign against the excesses of President Yahya Jammeh’s government. A massive demonstration has been set to coincide with celebrations marking the 16th anniversary of the July 22nd military coup that brought former Lt. Yahya Jammeh to power.
A statement released by Amnesty International cites arbitrary arrests, unfair trials, and torture as focus for the July 22 demonstrations, when “people from across the world are joining together to take action to call on the Gambian government to uphold its people’s basic rights and freedoms.”
Accordingly, the demonstrators will be calling for the “immediate and unconditional” release of journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh, detained since 2006, Edwin Nebolisa Nwakaeme, a Nigerian human rights activist, and Femi Peters, a leading Gambian opposition politician, “three prisoners of conscience detained solely for peacefully exercising their basic human rights.”
“The day of action coincides with the national Gambian holiday called ‘Freedom Day’, celebrating when President Yahya Jammeh came into power in 1994. However, there is no freedom in the Gambia. Instead, it has a massive record of human rights violations,” the statement by the global rights watchdog states.
It adds that human rights violations are perpetrated by the fiercely criticized National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the army and police “against real and perceived opponents of the government on a routine basis.” “Once people are in custody of the government, they are susceptible to a whole range of human rights violations including unlawful detention, torture while in detention, unfair trials, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killings,” the statement reads.
Amnesty International is calling on people the world over to join the Global Day of Action!
“Together we can show the government of Gambia that the world will not stand idly by in the face of human rights abuses,” it said.
And it concludes: “The Gambia must end this assault on human rights.”
Prospective participants are advised to contact the following number for more information - Saul Keita Tel: 646 807 7035
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PERHAPS WE ARE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE but differently...my point is this plenty complain and insults are negative and wont kill an ant. what the Gambia needs are people who have practical ideas on how to change things... we have so many theroy people..halifa sallah, bajaw, kafuta and co....no practicals ...
Here is what you said here on this forum under a different story...
#70 sera 2010-07-20 17:02
Abdou,.... why dont u shut the fuck up then...if u think Jammeh supporters are silent becasue we have nothing to say you are fooling yourself...we are so busy we dont have time to be talking non sense on this forum....Give us a break..."
I wonder who u r fooling... or who is actually the fool here...
Ham'ga, nitt ku nyaaka nyaan teh dessé akk nyoradi, ken dukoh tontu.
Chem! yuut kat bi
Hey John Bull, wake up from your dream. The days of colonialism are over. Especially in Gambia. Educate your mate Badara, and a lot of other salopars (you need not look further, they are around this very forum). They are still in sackles of mental slavery.
You started a game and now you are backing off!
Yes,it is Jammeh this ....Jammeh that..... because this fool runs Gambia and not only that he is so into everything!
On the TV its Jammeh,on the Radio it's Jammeh,festival s,birthday parties,music concerts....... You get da picture?
He is loud and obnoxious towards Gambians,so why should he not get the same thing back?
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