Guyanese OnlineThis week, the video of an execution, followed by an audio clip of an officer explaining how to cover up the evidence, went viral on social media. The reaction shows how immoral our security forces are… and our public opinion, too
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Manuel Llorens and Keymer Ávila | Caracas Chronicles
“We lived happily during the war
And when they bombed other people’s houses, we protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not enough.”
— Ilya Kaminsky
GUYANA: Capitol TV News Videos – 16 June 2015
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The Joint Opposition parties in the National Assembly, believe that the number of events of unarmed persons being shot by the police has reached crisis level and it’s an issue they intend to take to the National Assembly when the Assembly returns from its 2 month recess.
The opposition just before the recess had passed a no confidence motion on the Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee . It was the first time that such a motion was passed against a sitting member of the National Assembly. The Government did not budge and the Minister is still holding on to his portfolio. [ more – Opposition believes police shooting of unarmed persons has reached crisis level]
The shooting death of 21-year-old Dameon Belgrave just outside the fish shop on the eve of his birthday Friday night, is once again renewing focus on the way the police carry out operations and whether they are trained enough.
Belgrave was standing with friends in the crowded fish shop area when two gunshots rang out from a party of policemen and Belgrave fell to the ground. His friends ducked for cover. When they checked on him, they were left speechless after realizing that he had been shot. [more – Also view this video of the recent shootings by police in Guyana]
Since the PPPC came to power in 1992, its policy has been to encourage the security forces, particularly the police, to shed African blood as a way of waging psychological warfare on the African Guyanese community…
For six years Buxton was the symbol of African resistance against state sponsored extra –judicial killings of young African men. Today, Linden has become the symbol of African resistance against political and racial oppression, economic and social marginalization.
In their scheme of things Guyana belongs to them, the country is their private property and we the citizens, are their slaves.
The main slave catcher of plantation Linden was Prime Minister Samuel Hinds,
The outcome of the Linden crisis will determine the future of Africans in Guyana – the stakes for us as a community is high…
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Dear Editor,
Apart from two comments I gave to reporters who requested my views on the crisis in Linden, this is the first time that I am speaking extensively, on the historic struggle being waged by the residents of that community …. Read more [ After Buxton, what Linden means for Africans in Guyana -Tacuma Ogunseye ]
