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It is almost three weeks since Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Secretary of the Defence Board, Dr. Roger Luncheon, informed the Guyanese public that the report on alleged torture committed on citizens by the Disciplined Forces was completed. The Guyanese people today are still awaiting those most crucial findings. So the question remains — [...]

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EVENT: Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon will be attending the funeral service for the late Guyana Defence Force soldier Ivor Anthony Williams

payback for torture?
Dead is 24-year-old Troy Williams who took a gunshot to the left shoulder which exited the left side of his chest, according to sources at the Georgetown Hospital last night.
An army pick up brought the bullet-riddled body of Williams to the hospital, accompanied by ranks of the force, all of whom seemed in [...]

Three officers attached to the army’s Military Criminal Investigation Department (MCID) who allegedly tortured several soldiers during interrogation over a missing AK 47 rifle will likely be stripped of their rank, well-placed sources in the military said yesterday.

RECENTLY much has been published about the allegations of torture by the security forces while investigating the disappearance of weapons and other acts of terror perpetrated against the citizens of Guyana.

Stabroek News: President of the [Guyana Bar Association], Kashir Khan is also questioning the statement issued by Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Develop-ment, Lall on his involvement in a fracas with a teenager and the firing off his weapon while allegedly attempting a citizen’s arrest. After six weeks of silence Lall said in a [...]

Dear Editor,
In your news story, “Torture claims by soldiers - PPP would support independent probe,” (SN, January 9), one has to wonder whether there truly is a cavity between what the Jagdeo administration is actually doing and what the PPP knows the administration is doing? It’s not impossible, but highly improbable, given the extremely controlling [...]

Stabroek News: Even as the GDF continues to deny that it is aware of senior officers torturing soldiers during interrogation over a missing AK-47 rifle, Alvin Wilson who was in charge of the arms store yesterday said he was kicked about his rib cage and a false tooth smashed by members of the army’s investigating [...]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana’s military said Friday they were ready to investigate allegations that soldiers were tortured by their superior officers after an AK-47 assault rifle disappeared at a barracks.