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UK Foreign Office responds to Glasgow Gambia Campaign
Friday, 29 October 2010 20:37
The Foreign Office has offered support to the Scottish Campaign for Human Rights
in the Gambia (SCHRG)- a campaign launched in Glasgow this past September.On October 18, Arthur West, Chairman of SCHRG, wrote to UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, highlighting concerns over disappeared people in the Gambia, including journalists, civilians and politicians. The SCHRG believe security agents of the
Gambian Government were involved in these cases of unexplained disappearance.In response to Mr West’s letter, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) stated: ‘We share your concerns about the cases of the individuals you have named who have reportedly disappeared in the Gambia and would like to assure you that the United Kingdom Government does regularly raise concerns over human rights, including the disappearance of individuals, with the Government of Gambia’. The response adds: ‘We continue to press for an independent investigation.’
Said Arthur: ‘Our Campaign is pleased to note that the FCO shares our concerns about the very worrying human rights situation in the Gambia.’
The Government’s response to SCHRG, launched at the Scottish Trade Union Centre in Glasgow’s West End, highlighted the case of missing journalist Ebrima Manneh- who vanished in the Gambia after allegedly attempting to publish an article condemning the Gambian Government over violations of human rights.
Alieu Ceesay, SCHRG Information Officer and exiled Gambian journalist, told LOCAL NEWS: ‘Ebrima is one of many people missing. We applaud the FCO for pushing for an independent investigation. People cannot disappear from the face of the earth like this. I appeal to the new UK Government to review their relations with the Gambian government, a government that rule by torture, intimidation and killing. Gambian people deserve free media and to live in a society without fear with open debates and freedom of expression.’
Source: Glasgow Local News
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