The Saga Continues

Those of you following my blog will be interested to know that Gambia has refused so far to respond to the J entered on June 6, 2008 in favor of Chief Manneh. You should also know that we have not been idle. I am pleased now to report that United Nations will likely get directly involved in the Chief Manneh case.

On Aug 22 the Freedom Now Orgn announced that it will pursue the case before the U.N.We are thus seeking the Manneh family's support to do so and I have offered the services of our law firm in the drafting of the necessary petition to that august body. This orgn's decision to support Manneh is epochal and rare since it carefully chooses its battles on behalf of prisoners of conscience worldwide. Its last such petition was filed on June18, 2008, on behalf of Aung Kyi of Burma who has been held under house arrest in Rangoon, Burma, for 12 years even though she is the demoratically elected leader of that country. Although we believe that Manneh is dead we have no accountability or even acknowledgment of this. The filing of this petition for Manneh will give him legal,political and publc relations efforts worldwide as one of only a handful of prisoners placed on this high pedestal. Stay tuned dear reader.