Petition Against Jammeh's Threat
25-09-2009
President Jammeh of The Gambia has sent out a threat against 'so called human rights defenders' stating that the government is 'ready to kill saboteurs' Please see the full story on http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/Homepage/tabid/36/mid/367/newsid367/4523/Breaking-NewsJammeh-Threatens-To-Kill-Saboteurs-/Default.aspx
The Coalition for an Effective African Court and the Open Society Justice Initiative has taken the lead to campaign against this threat. NGOs and other interested persons are being urged to send petitions to the African Union (AU) to move the seat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) from The Gambia in order to secure the lives of people who have to work with the ACHPR.
Petitions should be signed using the petition template below and sent to:
Don Deya/Osai Ojigho at askus@africancourtcoalition.org
Ibrahima Kane/Achieng Akena at Aakena@osiea.org
Chidi Odinkalu/Stanley Ibe at Sibe@justiceinitiative.org
Petition_ACHPR_Relocation (.doc - 69kb)
Author: OSJI, CEAC
23-09-2009
Petition_CADHP_Relocation (.doc - 78kb)
Author: OSJI, CEAC
23-09-2009