Join Amnesty International
JULY 29, 2010
4:30- 5:30pm

Embassy of the Gambia
Georgetown Plaza
2233 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20007

A demonstration to stop:

Arbitrary arrests, unfair trials,  and torture in the Gambia. And ensure the immediate and unconditional release of journalist Ebrima Manneh, Edwin
Nebolisa Nwakaeme, and Femi Peters, three prisoners of conscience detained solely for peacefully exercising their basic human rights.

On July 22, 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.  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.

Human rights violations are perpetrated by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), 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 embassy is closed on July 22nd.  Therefore, please join us on July 29th as a follow-up to the Global Day of Action and to ensure that Gambian
officials are made aware of our message. Together we can show the government of Gambia that the world will not stand idly by in the face of human rights abuses.  The Gambia must end this assault on human rights.

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