The Democratic Union of Gambian Activists -DUGA condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, political commentator and senior political science lecturer, University of The Gambia.
Dr. Ceesay was arrested January 31, 2018 on the background of a local news story in which he alleged that the “presence of the regional forces (ECOMIG) in the country will not prevent long term security risk if the president does not win the trust of the army.”
Currently, we are aware that he is being detained at the Serious Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force pending a charge for “inciting violence.” The Gambia’s constitution protects the right and freedom of speech and expression of political dissent. We hereby put the Barrow administration on notice and strongly demand the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Ceesay.
On December 1, 2016, Gambians went to polls to banish a 22-year tyranny and elected a new government with the hope that their fundamental rights and freedoms will be guaranteed.
Let the Barrow government be reminded that those days are gone when citizens will sit by and allow the president and his state security apparatus to use draconian laws as political tools to silence and harass critics and activists for freely expressing opinion of public interests.
We hope the new administration will get to work and repeal or amend all bad laws that are used by the Jammeh regime to criminalize peaceful expression of opinion.
Lastly, DUGA calls on all honorable University lecturers, students, journalists, and activists to show solidarity to Dr. Ceesay and demand the government immediately stop the blatant infringement on public freedoms, freedom of opinion and expression.
DUGA,
Hypocrites, liars and conformists. What do you mean by frowning? Isn’t it the same action of arresting a Gambian for saying his mind that you have been condemning in the President Jammeh era? What are you waiting for? Come out in the streets and demonstrate against the BEGINNING/CONTINUATION/ENTRENCHMENT of human and people’s rights abuses by the CORRUPT, TRIBALIST, INEFFICIENT and INTOLERANT administration.
Worse days are ahead. The error lies in electing/selecting UNQUALIFIED people for responsible positions. I will continue to call on our qualified, democratic, incorruptible and selfless citizens wherever they are to come together and flush this SENSELESS,USELESS administration out of power before it gets late.
Babu Soli
A die-hard supporter of Yahya Jammeh, the most undemocratic, most corrupt, most intolerant and most heartless human being to call Gambia home have no moral justification to use such vile, untruthful and hate-filled assertions. Is this an admission on your part finally to what we all knew of the barbaric nature of Jammeh’s rule of the constant arbitrarily arrests, detentions and forced disappearances or just another of your many twisted and misleading analogies. We know who the hypocrites, liars and conformists are……
Why are you so bitter on this gov’t Mr soli and why all the foul words?will you end up your life like this ?I fear if you continue being so pist and encouraging so much hatred in you,in will have no more babu soli because you will heart attack anytime you hear that this government is progressing and making lots of developing. Hatred will only depresses you and gives you a short life spern.Stop having too much hatred in you that will never help and especially to you, thanks
Why are you so bitter on this gov’t Mr soli and why all the foul words?will you end up your life like this ?I fear if you continue being so pist and encouraging so much hatred in you,there will
Be no more babu soli because you will heart attack anytime you hear that this government is progressing and making lots of developing. Hatred will only depresses you and gives you a short life spern.Stop having too much hatred in you that will never help and especially to you, thanks
Baba,
If you are a true democrat who lives in Germany as you said, do you think everybody should/must support the CORRUPT,INEPT Barrow administration for The Gambia to progress? What childish assertions are you making about heart attack…. What do you mean by that?
Baba,
Don’t try to halt my right to thinking and expression. I was born free NEVER to live to the expectations of a human being. I belong to the Almighty Allah and my parents. PERIOD
Another arrested returnee according to Freedom Newspaper. Jammeh’s loot is dwindling so is his companions. His day of reckoning is dawning on him and his facilitators of evil. The day he will see himself in handcuffs frog march to the shores of our nation to face those he had tormented, those whose loved ones he brutally massacred, those he sent into exile, those raped, robed and tortured is not far off. The victims of his cruelty should rejoice with the knowledge that he will face the wrath of divine justice someday and no dictator or idol can save him from that wrath. He can hide in a rat hole, in a palace or in the thickest of the bushes but Allah’s appointed time will never fail.
May Almighty Allah grant our present leaders the serenity to accept the things they cannot change, the courage to change the things they can and the guidance, wisdom to know the difference.
Mr soli why do see yourself always offended whenever people countercomments on what wrote you get aggressive,that why I say I don’t be careful you will get heart attack because your respond to all comments are not the least polite,and yes I have been living in Germany for 18 years,keep calm
If you don’t becareful you get heart attack because of your hatred to your fellow Gambians
Towards