Nepalese citizen Rajan Karki still being held in Guyana concentration camp
Dear Editor,
I wish to follow-up on a letter by Mr. Dorian Massay, a Sandhurst Military Academy-trained soldier, which was published in the Kaieteur News on April 4, 2008.
In addition to commenting on the inhumane conditions existing at the Brickdam lockups, Massey also highlighted the plight of a poor Nepalese national whose incarceration in Guyana seems to be indefinite.
At the time of Mr. Massay writing his letter, Rajan Karki had already spent 55 days in detention. Someone who was recently an inmate of the Brickdam lockups related to me the sad story of this foreigner, whose fear is that he would die in the lockups and none of his relatives or no one from his country would ever find out what happened to him. Assuming that the 55th day was the date of publication of Massay’s letter, today would mark 99 days since Karki’s incarceration.
My questions to the Guyanese Authority are: was the Government of Nepal or any of its foreign missions anywhere in the world informed that one of their native is being held in Guyana for at least the last 99 days? Was Minister Clement Rohee briefed on the circumstances surrounding Rajan Karki’s detention during his recent visit to the Brickdam lockups? What are the plans of the Guyanese authorities in terms of deporting Rajan Karki to his native country? What is taking this process so long? Is this a violation of Karki’s basic human rights? For whatever wrong reasons Mr. Karki found himself in this part of the world without the requisite travel document, it is unacceptable to detain someone for in excess of 99 days.
I am forwarding a copy of this letter to the Nepalese missions in Washington DC, California and New York with the hope that someone would step up and assist this man in regaining his basic right to freedom.
Simon Williams
