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  • Perpetual crisis 13 Nov 2009 10:00 GMT
    ... In Guyana, we seem to lurch from one crisis to ... our fellow citizens are denied these fundamental human rights or are forced to put up with ...

  • Stopping torture depends ultimately on public monitoring 13 Nov 2009 10:54 GMT
    ... torture. After what your editorial called ‘The Wednesday Blitz’ (9.11.09), the government claimed that Guyana faces an internal national security problem. I hope that you are wrong in your ...

  • Let us not become the monster we decry 9 Nov 2009 10:11 GMT
    ... of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an ... with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) The President has rightly ... soft on crime, let me emphasise that human rights and crime control are not exclusive. In ...

  • Torture has become institutionalised 11 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... Two weeks ago, members of the Guyana Police Force brutally tortured a 14-year-old boy ... ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ramenauth Bisram. Guyanese citizens are often tortured as an instrument ... as President Jagdeo recently boasted that his human rights record can withstand scrutiny and is better ...

  • The death of respect 10 Nov 2009 10:57 GMT
    ... that the public should have for the Guyana Police Force. The administration’s present dilemma has ... Victor Jones in December 2007 was that Guyanese are more concerned about the goodies arriving ... − can be legally justified. The Guyana Human Rights Association blamed the political authorities for “covering-up ...

  • Officers of the law should know that they could be prosecuted for torture 11 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... occupation or profession, and the Laws of Guyana. Professionals and senior functionaries receive certain benefits, and ... language or culture. The international pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the police in ... and torture of children. The United Nations, Amnesty International, and the Washington based Youth Advocate Program ...

  • VHeadline Venezuela News -- November 10, 2009 -- LATEST 10 Nov 2009 21:14 GMT
    ... VHeadline is 100% biased in favor of the ... capital under widespread water rationing -- Thriving Guyanese community in Puerto Ordaz seeking consular services ... Venezuela up 85% in 2009 -- Inter-American Human Rights Commission attacks Chavez' prestige -- Students file ...

  • Credibility divide on governance 11 Nov 2009 06:56 GMT
    ... unavoidable subject - democracy, good governance and human rights. Of course, such a session may prove ... killing policemen in some Caricom jurisdictions (Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago among them) and more ...

  • Inhumane acts can lead to visa cancellations 9 Nov 2009 10:12 GMT
    ... sentenced in a Quebec Court a few weeks ago. This writer has had his human rights violated in Guyana and an official complaint will be lodged soon at the various embassies and international human ...

  • Ends and means 8 Nov 2009 10:36 GMT
    ... a framework where the boundaries are unclear, human rights abuses will occur, and possibly otherwise normal ... on human rights drawn up by the Guyana Human Rights Association and used by police recruits ...

  • Venezuela Headlines #91 (Oct. 27- Nov.8, 2009) 10 Nov 2009 02:13 GMT
    ... of immunity to U.S. officials will facilitate human rights abuses and that the U.S. plans to ... and industries of Venezuela’s natural resource-rich, southeastern Guyana region with Brazil’s northern Amazonian region. The two ...

  • Envoy surprised by climate of scepticism 12 Nov 2009 15:57 GMT
    ... behind.'' Baroness Amos, who was born in Guyana in South America, said relations between Britain and ... future common goals - such as promoting human rights or dealing with cultural diversity - rather ...

  • Expanding justice through public interest litigation in Guyana 7 Nov 2009 10:52 GMT
    ... Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, Barrister-at-Law, Director of the Guyana Institute for Public Policy Countries such as Guyana ... upon the Guyana Bar Association, women’s and human rights organizations, the police, and others to help ...

  • This outrage demands a national response 5 Nov 2009 10:53 GMT
    ... been accompanied by a noticeable increase of human rights abuses including torture and death. I witnessed ... arrest and unlawful locking up of five Afro-Guyanese going about their ordinary business on a ... why I consider it heartening that the Guyana Bar Association and a number of lawyers ...

  • This tortured child should be released to his parents' custody 6 Nov 2009 10:13 GMT
    ... police custody. Torture is a violation of fundamental rights under Article 140 of the Guyana Constitution and international human rights standards contained in the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or ...


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