That this House commends Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, Coordinator of the Coalition for Change Gambia, for his unceasing non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights and democracy in The Gambia; condemns his arrest and sentencing to life in jail by The Gambia government for printing T-shirts; applauds Rev Jesse Jackson for his intervention to secure his release; expresses its solidarity with the people of The Gambia in light of the reported human rights abuses being committed in their country; is horrified that arbitrary arrests, torture, detention without trials and enforced disappearances are a daily reality in The Gambia; urges the Gambian government to uphold the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to release immediately all prisoners of conscience; recognises the commitment of the British High Commission in The Gambia in supporting human rights; further expresses concern over the recent withdrawals of the Gambia government from the EU Article Political Dialogue; further urges the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to put an end to impunity in The Gambia; calls on the Government to lead an international effort in the UN to secure a resolution against Africa's most repressive nation and to put The Gambia's horrific human rights record at the centre of the international agenda; and further calls on the Government to exclude from the UK and freeze assets of those Gambian officials involved in gross human rights violations in The Gambia.

yuzedo: Jolly good stuff, Gambia! (In British accent) Jammeh might be a nut, but he can never be accused of being dumb.

Those imperialists think they can perpetually assert their toxic authority over former colonies. That's how they imposed £3,000 bond on Nigeria wanting to visit, and our leaders are still blowing hot air, until Britain begins to impose "former-colony-alignment-tax" and then "non-gay-supporting-penalty-on-former-colonies.. Or some BS like that. We go still dey look like mumu..

We are not ready for democracy, really. Nigeria, pull the fück out of Commonwealth too; we are NOT gaining anything at all!

Lilimax: Good decision by Gambia. Afterall Nigeria as a country have gained nothing by being a member Commowealth

Many Commonwealth countries offer visa-free entry for short visits made by Commonwealth citizens from countries with a relatively high standard of living. Many Commonwealth countries continue to allow Commonwealth citizens from other countries to become nationals/local citizens by registration rather than naturalisation, upon preferential terms, e.g. with a shorter required period of residency, although this practice has been discontinued in some countries such as New Zealand and Malta.

In March 2013, it was announced by Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, that a visa free regime is being contemplated by Commonwealth countries for its members to strengthen trade and investment among member nations. As a prelude to accomplishing this, the council of ministers is to present a proposal for the exemption of holders of official and diplomatic passports from visa requirements at the next Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting, CHOGOM, scheduled to hold in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[21] [22]

The announcement came in the wake of a meeting between Ashiru and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, in Abuja. At the meeting Ashiru and Sharma discussed proposals to make the Commonwealth more relevant to its citizens across the globe including ways the Commonwealth could ease free movement across member countries, strengthen institutions, enhance education, create job opportunities, facilitate development and enhance the living standard of the citizens across the countries of the Commonwealth.[21] [22]

Ashiru said, "We also discussed the issue of free movement to promote people to people contact within the Commonwealth. In the past, it used to be that holders of Commonwealth passports could travel within the commonwealth countries easily without having to go and queue for visas. We are now thinking for ways to ensure that we bring back this old tradition of the Commonwealth. Already, the council of ministers have recommended for approval at the next CHOGOM meeting in Colombo the exemption of holders of official and diplomatic passports within the Commonwealth from the requirement of a visa if they are travelling within the commonwealth.”[21] [22]

When approved, he said, other categories of professionals and businessmen would be recommended for similar privileges.[21] [22]

yuzedo: Jolly good stuff, Gambia! (In British accent) Jammeh might be a nut, but he can never be accused of being dumb.

Those imperialists think they can perpetually assert their toxic authority over former colonies. That's how they imposed £3,000 bond on Nigeria wanting to visit, and our leaders are still blowing hot air, until Britain begins to impose "former-colony-alignment-tax" and then "non-gay-supporting-penalty-on-former-colonies.. Or some BS like that. We go still dey look like mumu..

We are not ready for democracy, really. Nigeria, pull the fück out of Commonwealth too; we are NOT gaining anything at all!

eGuerrilla:

Let's put aside our views on colonialism, for a moment, and examine some the practical benefits of the commonwealth.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen

FreeGlobe: Good development. The Brits have the interest of no one except theirs. We are in commonwealth but they are imposing 3000 pounds travel whatever on us. We don't benefit anything from them anyways, they caused up to 75% of Nigeria problem today. Nigeria would have done better with France. We must also leave the common wealth and cut all British ties.

Lilimax: They are the architect of our current problems. Britain committed atrocities in merging incompatibles bedfellows leading to the present crisis we are having today?

FreeGlobe: Good development. The Brits have the interest of no one except theirs. We are in commonwealth but they are imposing 3000 pounds travel whatever on us. We don't benefit anything from them anyways, they caused up to 75% of Nigeria problem today. Nigeria would have done better with France. We must also leave the common wealth and cut all British ties.

bhidex007: Wot about his human rights record?,forget it, Abacha would have done the same if he is still alive.
He did it to safegaurd his tyrannt goverment not in the spirit of africanism.

eGuerrilla:

I can tell you on good authority that Jammeh is indeed dumb.
Some of his classmates at school are associates of mine.

Only a dumbo will claim to have found the cure for aids, in the absence of scientific proof.
You align yourself with his tomfoolery at your own peril.

I conceded the fact that the man is crazy, but he isn't "dumb". I refuse to equate academic brilliance or the lack of it with stupidity. His motives for many of his controversial words and deeds are unknown, so really if its working for him and his people, perhaps he's semi-genius!

ode remo:
What a joke at you, Nigeria to pull out of common wealth, yea right,
Where will you guys now launder all those stolen funds
Pull another one mate.

Really bro? No, REALLY??

AS FORMER NDEA OFFICER SPILLS THE BEANS





Kibaaro News can today proved with confidence that Gambian President is deeply involved in drug dealing. Malang Saidy, a former officer of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), armed Kibaaro News with substantial evidence proving the secrets of President Yahya Jammeh’s Bank of Allah.

Our story comes on the heels of the just concluded Gambia conference in Northern Carolina aimed at uprooting dictatorship in the Gambia.


Drugs being processed at warehouse

“President Yahya Jammeh had indeed involved in drug trade way back since 1999,” Mr. Saidy told Kibaaro News. “I can confidently say that President Jammeh never burnt the Cocaine discovered by the so-called joint operation of British Intelligence and Gambian security agents.”

The said drugs were stored in Bonto in Kombo East and in an underground warehouse situated between Kanilai (Jammeh’s birthplace) and Kangfenda. Yusupha Jatta (seen in one of the pictures) who was an Immigration Officer was dispatched by Yahya Jammeh to secretly build another underground building outside Kanilai. Jatta whom yahya Jammeh trusted at the time was moved from Immigrations Department and promoted to Assistant Manager in charge of operations of NDEA. He is now betrayed and sent to Mile 2 by Jammeh




Yusupha Jatta supervising processing of drugs

The whistle blower said President Jammeh “made sure that NDEA is filled with only his trusted officers who are paid huge amounts of monthly salary. In fact, a mere constable in NDEA receives more than a police inspector. However, they must swear an oath to keep secrets,” Malang said, adding that he was part of the group that had access of the drugs. “I befriended so many people in the NDEA who are are all cooperating with me secretly providing information they knew about Yahya Jammeh’s involvement in Drug trafficking,” he said.

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