YAHYA JAMMEH UNDER FIRE!!!

Human Rights Watch Takes Jammeh’s Threats Against Gays Seriously!!!

Letter to the Gambian President Regarding Reported Statements that Fuel Homophobia

June 10, 2008  
 
Honorable President  
Dr. Alhaji Yahya Jammeh  
Private Mail Bag  
State House,  
Banjul, Gambia  
 
Dear President Jammeh,  
 
On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I write to express grave concern over recent reports that you have made statements encouraging violence against lesbian and gay people in Gambia. We are further concerned that police in Banjul have detained or summoned for questioning at least four people in Banjul after your statements.  

LT. BAKARY CAMARA JAILED!!!!

MALAFI Sanyang  FREED!!

By Landing Badjie, Banjul

The Banjul Magistrate courts Tuesday sentenced Gambia’s longest serving military officer LT.Bakary Camara to one year and six months imprisonment. Camara was found guilty of stealing Government vehicles. His co accused police commissioner and former head vehicle controls at the Statehouse Malafi Sanyang  was acquitted and discharged by the court. The prosecution proved its case against Camara, but in the case of Sanyang, the presiding magistrate says the accused was not  guilty of any crime.

JAMMEH SNUBS HIS MINISTERS!!!

Last Tuesday, President Yahya Jammeh surprises his Ministers when he refuses to see them in Kanilai. The President who made the Ministers to wait for him for hours, later showed up and asked the Ministers to go back to Kombo. “ I think the President is mentally unstable to run this country. He malice everybody here. He is disrespecting us. When he came to the waiting room he only talked to the Vice President. He never greeted us. This rude attitude of the President must stop or otherwise we will resign. He cannot call us at Kanilai only to disgrace us.” Said one of the Ministers.

For Immediate Release:                                                     Contact:  Doug Gavel (617) 495-1115

June 5, 2008                                                                         Kennedy School Communications                    

 Alagi Yorro Jallow Awarded Masters Degree from Harvard Kennedy School

CAMBRIDGE – Alagi Yorro Jallow graduated June 5 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University with a Master in Public Administration,  (MPA).

Alagi Yorro Jallow,former Managing editor of The Independent Newspaper,The Gambia ,concentrated in  leadership &governance,democratization,media development,communication negotiation and conflict resolution.Mr.Jallow has been awarded the diploma from the Mason Program in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the Edward S.Mason Program.

“The graduating Class of 2008 is a talented and dedicated group of professionals who are deeply committed to public service,” said Harvard Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood. “We will closely follow their progress in the years ahead, and will take great pride in their accomplishments.”

The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University maintains an abiding commitment to advancing the public interest by training skilled, enlightened leaders and solving public problems through world-class scholarship and active engagement with practitioners and decision makers. The school offers the depth, reflection, insight, and excellence of ideas and teaching that can shape future leaders, affect public policies, and make an impact on people and their daily lives.

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