CRR RICE FARMERS’ PRESIDENT IN DETENTION FOR 114 DAYS

Abdoulie G. Dibba Today, Tuesday, 23rd June 2015, marks 114 days of Haruna Gassama’s arrest and detention without court appearance. Mr. Gassama is the current President of the Central River Rice Farmers’ Cooperative Ltd. and has been in NIA detention since Monday2nd March 2015 without being released or taken before a court of law. The president of the CRR rice farmers’ cooperative was arrested on the day when the staff of the Sheriff Division of the High Court was in the Lower Fulladu District to execute an order of a judgment delivered by the high court on the 12th of January 2015 in favour of him and his committee as the plaintiffs. A family source informed this reporter that their loved one is still detained at the NIA office in Banjul but that they have not yet been allowed access to him, adding that the family is not aware of any charge preferred against him Speaking on behalf of the family, the source said they are appealing to the head of state to intervene to secure the immediate release of their loved one in the spirit of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.]]>