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Gambians cry in vain over detained relatives
Monday, 11 October 2010 00:38
Sunday Nation - Several families in the Gambia are still awaiting word from the government of President Yahya Jammeh over the assassination, disappearance and arbitrary arrest without charges of their relatives.
The independent Foroyaa newspaper last week quoted several families of victims tearfully explaining the circumstances
under which their relatives were assassinated, arrested or missing – some for almost a decade – without being heard of.
The families apparently resorted to the media for assistance in the absence of a national human rights commission in the country and which the Justice Minister E. Anthony Gomez last week said was in the pipeline. Gambia hosts the African Human Rights Commission.
Among the missing are Mrs Masireh Jammeh and Mr Haruna Jammeh whose relatives allege were arrested by the dreaded Gambian State Security Agents on July 14, 2005 and have since not been seen or heard of.
At the same time, the family of another victim, Mr Jasarja Kujabi told the newspaper that the man was arrested in the summer of 2005 while working on his farm by three state security agents whom they claim they know and that Mr Kujabi has since not been seen ever since.
The newspaper also reported that the ex-district Chief of Foni Kansala, Alagie Momodou Lamin Nyassi and his two close associates, Alagie Buba Sanyang and Ndongo Mboob, all natives of Foni Bwiam also went missing on the same day on April 4, 2006.
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We have a choice of either squabbling among ourselves over who did what or uniting our efforts to expose and possibly hasten the downfall of a system that is plainly a clear and present danger to the freedom,liberty and the lives of all Gambians today.
No one chases after the rats fleeing his burning home, common sense dictates that one concentrates on putting out the fire first and then other issues come after that.
Jammeh will continue to have his way in The Gambia thanks to the silent majority both at home and abroad.This silent majority extends even into cyberspace.They would eagerly browse and read news about Gambia but when it comes to expressing their opinions,their attitude seems to be WHY BOTHER?
If Mr.Cham and others running online news sites had adopted this same attitude, the atmosphere of near total silence would have continued and this could only benefit the tyrannical system in Banjul.
Let those clowns and killers out there see that we have Gambia on our minds (as we should) and that they are being watched and scrutinized even from afar and we hold them accountable for whatever happens to our fellow citizens.We know some of them are avid surfers of the web (including the Chief Witch Doctor himself), i mean the Admiral of Nebraska! And the more they see our opinions IN BLACK AND WHITE the more pressured they become... its our battle, ALL OF US!
If Gambian's will not stand up for each other...
If Gambian's are prepared to follow orders from above blindly...
and if those considered lost forever are forgotten.
Then The Gambia...lives and dies in vain.
The State is not a State.
The Constitution is a sham.
and all those Gambian's who knew this was wrong but said nothing...
are as guilty as those who carry out these acts.
The British government...by its very support of the Gambia's judical system has left itself be drawn into these proceedings.
In my view they are in grave danger of complicity. They should withdraw immediatley.
NOT IN MY NAME
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