propaganda press! freedom in Guyana

the daily fishwrap: THE ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed concern over the refusal of the Opposition parties to vote on a motion in Parliament, seeking to express appreciation of the Joint Services work in capturing “the most dangerous Black criminal Guyana has ever known.” [the words of Donald Ramotar!, CEO, Guyana Hinduvta Crime Inc. it's no surprise to us that donald duck did not mention his East Indian comrades who are the biggest criminals in Guyana has ever known]

the glen lall: “It was not a hands-off investigation,” was the explanation of Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday, when he responded to questions on whether the use of torture or the phrase ‘roughing up’ was the appropriate description of the treatment meted out to alleged torture victims.
“It wasn’t a tea party. The questioning was aggressive, and it is on that basis that the findings were that there was roughing up of those who alleged that they have been tortured,” said Dr house negroe Luncheon.
However, he asserted that neither the Board of Inquiry nor the Defence Board has been willing to concede that the ‘roughing up’ is in any way synonymous with the act of torture.

foto to the right: Leander was so incapacitated that Justice Jainarayan Singh was, on November 2, 2007 forced to examine his condition in a vehicle in the court yard. Singh then ordered that he be taken to a hospital, where he was admitted. There has been no official condemnation of or inquiry into these acts of torture.

TORTURE, BLOODSHED & ETHNIC EXCLUSION IN GUYANA
David Leander was only seen by his attorney, Basil Williams, after Guyanese Supreme Court Judge, Jainarayan Singh, order that he be produced following Habeas Corpus proceedings. Leander’s torture and inhumane treatment is being likened to the infamous US military Abu Ghraib Prison scandal in Iraq.

Leander was so incapacitated that Justice Jainarayan Singh was, on November 2, 2007 forced to examine his condition in a vehicle in the court yard. Singh then ordered that he be taken to a hospital, where he was admitted. There has been no official condemnation of or inquiry into these acts of torture.

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RELATIVES ALLEGE BARTICA TEEN BEATEN BY POLICE
STABROEK NEWS: A video showing an injured Terrence McKenzie lying in the Bartica hospital nursing injuries to his face, back, legs and hands was being circulated yesterday by relatives who said the public needed to know what the police had done to the 18-year-old. Read the rest of this entry »