Urgent Alert: Please take urgent action to call for the immediate release on bail of women's rights activists in The Gambia

[Equality Now]

" /> Equality Now has just issued an urgent alert calling on the Government of The Gambia to release immediately on bail women's rights advocates, Dr. Isatou Touray, the Executive Director of The Gambia Committee Against Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP), and her colleague Amie Bojang-Sissoho. Equality Now is deeply concerned about the arrests of these prominent activists who have been working for decades to end female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia. They were taken under police custody on October 11,2010 and later moved to Mile Two Central Prison where they are detained without bail in violation of international law and of the Gambian constitution. Take action here: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6208/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4475 Please click on the following link for further information: http://equalitynow.org/english/takeaction/newsalert/urgentalert_gambia_20101018_en.html We hope that you will support this and our other Women's Action campaigns. Please consider making a contribution to Equality Now by clicking here: https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6208/t/10467/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=1938 You have received this email through your subscription to Equality Now's email list. If you did not subscribe, or would no longer like to receive email updates unsubscribe here.