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We are dedicated to exposing all those who aided, abetted and actually took part in the atrocities visited upon journalists and the civilian population during junta rule from May 25, 1997 until February 1998. Ten years on, we reveal all exposing the lies and falsehood and especially journalists who used their connections to punish colleagues who criticised their masters for their human rights abuses. |
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......AND FINALLY HE BOWS OUT. WORLD BANK
PRESIDENT WOLFOWITZ QUITS WITH WRETCHED TAIL FIRMLY STUCK BETWEEN
EQUALLY WRETCHED LEGS
News that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz That there is a limit to what you can do in the face of the world saying that Wolfowitz as head of a key international finance organisation like the World Bank and its associated organs should be seen to be clean and not engaging in such silly and serious betrayal of his position. Why he waited this long can best be explained by himself later, but one would guess that having lost the support of his most senior colleagues, it was just a matter of time. This should send a message
to the Blair government that rhetoric alone is not and will never be
enough in bringing the corrupt in Sierra Leone to book. As we had stated
before, what Sierra Leoneans are looking forward to is not just the mere
withholding of funds to the Anti Corruption Commission, but a Chiluba-style
trial for the suspected top members of the corruption cabal in Sierra
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ANTHONY CHARLES LYNTON BLAIR BIDS
FAREWELL AS LEADER OF LABOUR PARTY
..... we say goodbye and welcome to the man whose
military intervention put paid to the atrocities of our tormentors, the
AFRC/RUF coalition of evil otherwise known as the beasts.
Yes, they now pretend to like him. The supporters of the
beasts who are now enjoying the benefits of not only a war-free Sierra
Leone, but are actually within the borders of the United Kingdom
enjoying the benefits of democracy, the respect for law and order and
above all, accountability and a sense of fair play for all. How a grateful Sierra Leonean shows his appreciation |
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Another BBC reporter in Cameroon Randy Jo Saah reports that the ubiquitous black box flight recorder has been found and this should give investigators a clue as what happened in the final minutes of Kenya Airways flight 507. Although it is yet early days, reports from a number of sources indicate that contact with the plane was lost in less than fifteen minutes after take-off in conditions that could be described as "slightly stormy" but not bad enough to prevent a successful take-off. In fact the plane had been delayed for about an hour because of foul weather conditions and was cleared to proceed on its final leg to Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport because both ground controllers and air crew were convinced that there was no danger. Events were later to prove everyone wrong with dire consequences. KENYA'S DAILY NATION NEWSPAPER |
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THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE MAY APPEAR TO MOVE
SLOWLY, TOO SLOWLY BUT SHE GETS THERE AS CHILUBA
IS FOUND GUILTY OF THEFT BY LONDON COURTIn what looks like a warning that there could be no escape for those who find it difficult to distinguish the coffers of the country from their own pockets, a London court ruled on Friday May 4, 2007 that former President Frederick Chiluba had indeed stolen money from his people to fund a lavish life-style that included shirts made to order, special "platform" shoes to give his height and perhaps he thought his image, a lift. This court ruling must be welcomed by all who mean
well for their country and who are keen to see justice done. Even as
Hillary Benn We hope that the Blair government will, this time round, take a positive position that will see an end to stealing with impunity in Sierra Leone as well as ensuring that those who stole from the people are brought to book. We're now beyond the rhetoric stage and should now see action on behalf of the trodden masses. This investigation which appears to have been taken on
behalf of the people of Zambia and so heartily welcomed by UK
Development minister Hillary Benn has been largely welcomed by the
people of Sierra Leone who long for the day when such action will be
brought against the Tejan Kabbah We trust that the Blair government will this time be ready to hold the Kabbah government to account for the resources of a country which given what Sierra Leone is blessed with, need not be what it is at present with the people living from one hour to the next not knowing where the next square meal will come from.....Condemned to death because they just cannot afford the inhuman charges levied by vultures of every shape and description feeding on the misery of the poor. The proliferation of "pharmacies" and potent drugs dispensation outlets demonstrates all too clearly the willingness of the heartless to make money off the corpses of the poor. Recent action by the International Development Department cutting off aid to the Anti Corruption Commission shows in stark reality that the Tejan Kabbah government is not serious about tackling corruption and that this disease has been actively encouraged by him as Head of State. His determination to reward people who have in the past proven to be corrupt much to the consternation of concerned Sierra Leoneans show President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's contempt for accountability, the fight against corruption and the wishes of the people that all those in positions of trust account for their stewardship. We now call for a Chiluba-like investigation into the
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The world is once again, today May 3, 2007 observing World Press Freedom Day, a special day set aside by those who are concerned about the free flow of information and the safety and well-being of practitioners, journalists we mean. On this day, all those concerned with the rights of people to be informed about what affects them in all spheres of life by journalists who are to be allowed to carry out their work in peace and safety must be made a priority for all freedom-loving peoples all over the world. On this day, we remember all journalists who find
themselves in situations where they are not allowed to carry out their
work in safety and without threats. On this day we remember BBC journalist Alan Johnston who is still being held by kidnappers in Gaza and pray that he will soon be released. Today May 3, World Press Freedom Day we would once again want to remind the world about the dangers of those who in their hey days launched were part and parcel of brutal and press-repressing regimes, hunting colleagues who they considered enemies. On this day nearly 10 years ago, we remember the horrendous and dangerous atmosphere created for journalists by the Johnny Paul Koroma/Foday Sankoh alliance under the jackboots of the AFRC. We also cannot forget the role of journalists who used
their influence with the junta to punish others who were not in line
with the repressive junta as Kelvin Lewis, Winston Ojukutu-Macauley and
others found out when they went out to cover the August 18, 1997
protests against junta rule. We once again call on the international community and more especially the authorities and press houses in the United Kingdom and Canada to carefully investigate the past of "journalists" like Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw now living in Bristol, the UK and Gibril Gbanabom Koroma in Canada who between May 1997 and February 1998 used their influence with the murderous and repressive AFRC/RUF junta to launch reprisals against colleagues who were believed to have been critical of the junta. We call on the Exiled Journalists Network (EJN) to immediately carry out an investigation into his past with a view to getting a proper account of his role in the repression of journalists during this period. LONG LIVE PRESS FREEDOM LONG LIVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LONG LIVE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
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JUST IN - TRANSCRIPT OF A PRESS
SESSION WITH THE SPECIAL COURT IN MONROVIA |
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APRIL 27, 2007 - 46 YEARS ON AFTER INDEPENDENCE..... ![]()
We congratulate each and every Sierra Leonean within and without the
borders of Sierra Leone as well as non-citizens who mean well for Sierra
Leone. We have special praise for those ordinary folks who do not have
the right connections wired in them, but when the time came rose up in
defence for their right and braving the guns of their tormentors said a
big "no" to those who had put them under the yoke. We give praise to the surviving victims of beasts in human forms who raped, murdered and tortured all those who crossed their path praying that the Good Lord will grant the deceased eternal bliss in His arms and that those who still bear the scars of their torment will one day be comforted by a Head of State who appreciates the fact that had they not stood up to the beasts, President Kabbah and his cronies would have by now become a chapter in history. And as we celebrate independence day today, April 27, we pray that the Good Lord will reward President Kabbah for his parting slap of ingratitude at those who stood up to the beasts as he honours advocates of the beasts who during those trying times were busy campaigning for the murderers, child abusers and rapists to stay on.....moving from one point to the other as templates for websites are altered and modified to feed the ego of the beasts, thus giving the oxygen of publicity to the beasts as they unleashed whole-scale terror on a captive civilian population. We give our greatest respects to the victims of successive corrupt and uncaring governments. We say congratulations to the ordinary Sierra Leonean who cannot help but live from day to day, not knowing where tomorrow's square meal comes, who finds himself on death row because he cannot afford the cut-throat health service delivery(?) system. LONG LIVE THE MOTHER COUNTRY !!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE TRUE SIERRA LEONEANS!!!!!!!!!!! |
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And President Kabbah who had developed the mantra "It was I who
decided to set up the Anti Corruption Commission because of my
worries....." would be wondering how he allowed such a worthy body to
collapse - assuming he still has something of what we call "that
straw of statesmanship" left
in him, who if he had his way would have included Foday Sankoh and
Johnny Paul Koroma in this year's "dishonourable" list. (Profound
apologies all round for deserving citizens and non-citizens who found
themselves bundled with beasts in human form in President Kabbah's sick
joke.) But that's another story. |
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APRIL 12, 2007 This is journalism at its finest. This is what decent people and organisations do, no matter the professional rivalry. Today's joint action by the BBC, al-Jazeera and Sky News once more demonstrates the duty of care that we owe to each other. This is true and decent journalism and indeed as BBC Director-General Mark Thompson noted "It is vital for all journalists to be able to report freely and without fear of harassment and intimidation". The BBC pages relating to appeal for the release of journalist Alan Johnston Speech by BBC Director General Mark Thompson This is a far cry from Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and his newspaper Expo Times during junta rule when he would use his connections within the junta high command to create hell, misery and death for all he perceived to be pro-democrat, pro-Tejan Kabbah or just out of sheer envy. The kind we call "morrkor meeleh" in good old Sierra Leone. This is a far cry from Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Gibril Gbanabome Koroma who would personally pinpoint anyone they feel is critical of or not in support of their masters in the AFRC/RUF coalition of evil. And just to make sure would be with the armed thugs to finger their man as the stories below show. And when the murderous hunt was on for BBC journalist Victor Sylver,
they went as far as to publish what they called a letter purported to be
from a concerned reader fuelling the junta hate and providing an excuse
as to why Victor Sylver must be eliminated after the Mabaylla massacre. And later, Ibrahim Seaga Shaw while feeding fat on his lies in democratic countries and institutions of the West and was challenged did not deny what he did, giving this reason - I remember publishing a letter from one frustrated civilian whose relative was among those killed by the Nigerian bombs. The reader merely vented his anger at Victor in the letter. I published that letter in keeping with my paper's policy of allowing members of the public to vent out their feelings in the LETTERS column on matters affecting their lives in the spirit of free speech and there was absolutely no malice intended against the person of Victor Sylver, who in any case had, and still has, the right of reply. And this, at a time when chaos, murder and mayhem was the order of the day, when their so-called reader was the staff of Expo Times who manufactured that letter!!!!!! This at a time when the manhunt was on for journalist and BBC correspondent Victor Sylver!!!
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AND HIS STAFF - ARE THEY A PART OF THE GRAND
COVER-UP SCHEME? WE HOPE NOT AS WE EXPLORE HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAID FOR
MANNING THOSE BUREAUX OR ARE WE STEPPING ON ....... There have been in the recent past, frantic efforts by Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and his cohorts to erase all trace of their links with the junta, especially where he personally used his connections with the Johnny Paul AFRC human rights abusers to target journalists. Now he has quietly begged his way back on the ether sans the back issues up to 2001 when his new benefactors set up the website for him not realising how he used his position to ruthlessly hunt down journalists that were thought to be in opposition or not in line with the AFRC/RUF coalition of evil from May 25 1997 to February 1998 when they were booted out of power. Indeed as the world commemorates 200 years after that bill outlawing slavery, it is but fitting to bring to the fore once more the activities of a group of people like Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Gibril Gbanabome Koroma who using their connections with the human rights abusers did everything to help the junta continue the enslavement of the people of Sierra Leone. One of
their victims, journalist David Tam-Baryoh And while trying to get things off the internet, Ibrahim Seaga Shaw has gone as far as to try to obliterate his business connections where he called himself President. Oh yes, the man even had a website advertising his company that was offering web hosting and design services with addresses in Croydon and Bristol. He really believed that his web of deceit would go unnoticed. Oh no. Never. Time to account Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw President and Managing Director, Expo Web Plus. What's going on? Did you let Babtunde Blyden's daughter into this or is it another of your nefarious ways? Or are you scared, worried and frightened that the British tax payer would want to know why as a businessman you are milking them in the name of one project or the other to protect journalists after what you did to them in 1997? Have you exhausted all the milking cows of Europe and want to roost here in the United Kingdom? You will have no rest because among the tax payers in the United Kingdom whose resources you want to set your maws on include - you guessed it - bus conductors!!!!!! Their taxes are not for the feeding of human rights abusers!!!!! And the question is - how much of the UK taxpayers money is being used to fund the human rights abusers enterprises?
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AND WE SAY GOOD THINGS WILL ALWAYS COME OUT OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY |
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WHY WE REFUSE TO BE PUT OFF - SUPPORTERS OF THE BEASTS MUST COME OUT CLEAN |
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