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Mr. Norman was taken out of Detention Center under the guise of being taken to a
hospital in Senegal to receive treatment not available to him in Sierra Leone.
Instead, he is now in a maximum-security prison with hard-core criminals. He has
clearly indicated that the conditions at the prison are horrible.

Obviously we are very much appalled at the deception by this so-called special
court instituted by the government of President Tejan Kabbah with absolute
authority over all Sierra Leonean citizens. Mr. Norman had repeatedly resisted
being taken to any prison in an Islamic African nation. His fear is that with
Kabbah as Vice President of the Organization of Islamic States, there can be no
guarantee that no harm will be done to him. Chief Norman has now told reporters
and his own family that he fears that he will return to Sierra Leone after the so-
called medical treatment in the same shape as RUF leader, Foday Sankoh, who
became a vegetable after only a few months of detention and later died of
undetermined causes in the custody of the same tribunal.set up by Mr. Kabbah
and the UN.

We share Mr. Norman’s concerns and relay to the authorities in Sierra Leone and
the so-called special court that we still hold them entirely responsible for any
possible adverse outcome to Chif Hinga Norman. We wish to also remind
detention officials that the injuries Mr. Norman incurred was a direct result of their
own negligence or willful behaviour. Both Chief Norman’s family, supporters at
home and abroad as well as the international community are watching the
situation in Senegal very closely and we will keep the public informed of any
developments.

The former Regent Chief of
Jaiama-Bongor Chiefdom, Chief Sam
Hinga Norman, was early this
morning transferred to a
maximum-security prison in Senegal.
Reporters, family and friends who have
spoken to Mr.Norman state that the
condition of the sixty-seven year old
chief is very grave. Up to this
afternoon he had had nothing to eat
since he was whisked away at 8:00 AM
local time.

He has no idea exactly where he is
being held but we have been able to
determine from his contact phone
number that he is in Senegal.