Charred lower flat area of High Court building after early morning arson attack by gunmen.
The car believed to have been used by gunmen and abandoned at Houston East Bank Demerara.
The APNU+AFC is a corrupt cabal of racists. They did nothing that benefitted ordinary Guyanese, presided over the must corrupt and incompetent government Guyana has ever had and sought to rig their way back into office. Now in opposition lies and racism is their go-to mantra. Here we expose them ....
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Scenes from the attack this morning!
Charred lower flat area of High Court building after early morning arson attack by gunmen.
The car believed to have been used by gunmen and abandoned at Houston East Bank Demerara.
As Benschop had urged: the Opposition campaign of terror commences.
It has been reported that the Brickdam Police station was the target of gunmen early this morning. Driving a white Toyota wagon, they drove straight into the station and started shooting, two policemen were injured.
The High court was also a target, it was fire bombed and so too was Richard Ishmael Secondary school.
In another unconfirmed report a man was found bound and dead on the Linden Highway.
All of these incidents apparently took place between 12am -4am.
Also there are reports that law enforcement officials confronted a group of gunmen this morning which resulted in a heavy exchange of gun fire, in the Houston/Mc Doom area, casualties remain unknown at this time.
This apparently co-ordinated attack comes on the heels of an earlier call for the removal of the democratically elected government by former treason accused Mark Benschop and the destruction by fire of the Ministry of Health building by persons paid by opposition elements.
The last time such a call was made by Benschop it resulted in the storming of the Presidential complex, death of two persons, the destruction of two Regent street businesses and attacks on persons of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Benschop carry yuh bugga batty sk@#t!
After reading this I have concluded that Benschop is suffering from a relapse of the symptoms associated with the severe buggering he received at the hands of Manny Bankay and Coolie Cock-up while being a prisoner at the Camp Street Prison.
Which part President Jagdeo can take $50M from the treasury and escape the attention of Corbin and his goons.
Mark carry yuh bugga batty skunt!
You should be more worried wid all da big cock Basil Williams and co did giving Maria whilst you was languishing in jail.
Maria seh she ent able wid yuh compass tongue dats why she ran off wid de rasta man.
Which part President Jagdeo can take $50M from the treasury and escape the attention of Corbin and his goons.
Mark carry yuh bugga batty skunt!
You should be more worried wid all da big cock Basil Williams and co did giving Maria whilst you was languishing in jail.
Maria seh she ent able wid yuh compass tongue dats why she ran off wid de rasta man.
Justice has to look in both directions-Rohee
Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Clement Rohee told a press conference yesterday that the Administration abhors any acts of torture of prisoners.
He said the recent case of the teenager is being investigated by the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).
Rohee said, on October 30, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) reported that the murder rate in Guyana was down by 30 per cent and that, comparatively, serious crimes were significantly reduced.
He said that was good news but the bad news was to come the following day, October 31, with the shocking revelation about the beating and torture, allegedly by Police ranks, of suspects in connection with the murder of the former Region Three (West Demerara/Essequibo Islands) Vice-Chairman, Mr. Raminauth Bisram.
Rohee said, following the unlawful killing, there was the usual emotive outcry from the public and close relatives demanding that the killers be brought to justice.
He said, according to the man’s wife, the murder was carefully planned and the killers were no ordinary robbers.
Rohee said: “Justice may be blind but it seems that it now has to look, at the same time, in both directions, that is to say, to the side of the murder victim and to the side of the victims claiming torture.
“Once deemed a criminal offence and subjected to due process the perpetrators could suffer statutory punishment”.
He explained that, in this matter, it is critical that one side must not be overlooked in favour of the other. Nor must those demanding justice be concerned only with the victims claiming torture, though this demand may be quite justifiable.
“We must not lose sight of the fact that there is still the case of Mr. Bisram who was brutally murdered,” Rohee cautioned.
He said the three in Police custody and the one in prison on remand are the main suspects.
Can anyone guess what the next Amnesty International Report on Human Rights abuses in Guyana will be like?
Can anyone guess what the next Amnesty International Report on Human Rights abuses in Guyana will be like?
Well for one, no amount of government input will be sought.
None will be factored into the report.
It will contain numerous outlandish opposition claims of state sanctioned torture despite there being only about 5 or 6 known cases in which 2 prison officers were prosecuted, 2 police men currently under close arrest as investigations continue and officers of the army disciplined.
In fact all of the allegations were investigated, reports documented and submitted and action taken where necessary.
It will take into account the Opposition list of 'dead' persons that keeps evolving with time.
That started with the accusation in a U.S court that Roger Khan was responsible for the deaths of over 200 persons. It was then masturbated by the Opposition to mean 200 'Black men'. After the juice ran out of 200 'Black men' was changed to 400 'suspicious deaths' then further to 450 'suspicious deaths'. Notice how the title and focus evolved as people began to grow weary of the bombardment of their ears and eyes with the Roger Khan issue.
Guyana will be rated alongside Uganda, Myanmar, Somalia, East Timor etc.
As for Amnesty International. The organization's relationship with those that have a partisan political agenda and willingness to accept their one-sided views as facts are an indication of what is to come. Trotman has already contacted them on the accusation of torture being leveled against police officers investigating the death of a former deputy regional chairman so we should all know what to expect.
Well for one, no amount of government input will be sought.
None will be factored into the report.
It will contain numerous outlandish opposition claims of state sanctioned torture despite there being only about 5 or 6 known cases in which 2 prison officers were prosecuted, 2 police men currently under close arrest as investigations continue and officers of the army disciplined.
In fact all of the allegations were investigated, reports documented and submitted and action taken where necessary.
It will take into account the Opposition list of 'dead' persons that keeps evolving with time.
That started with the accusation in a U.S court that Roger Khan was responsible for the deaths of over 200 persons. It was then masturbated by the Opposition to mean 200 'Black men'. After the juice ran out of 200 'Black men' was changed to 400 'suspicious deaths' then further to 450 'suspicious deaths'. Notice how the title and focus evolved as people began to grow weary of the bombardment of their ears and eyes with the Roger Khan issue.
Guyana will be rated alongside Uganda, Myanmar, Somalia, East Timor etc.
As for Amnesty International. The organization's relationship with those that have a partisan political agenda and willingness to accept their one-sided views as facts are an indication of what is to come. Trotman has already contacted them on the accusation of torture being leveled against police officers investigating the death of a former deputy regional chairman so we should all know what to expect.
Could the AFC/PNC/WPA have prevented this?
Can the PNC, AFC, WPA and others give us the citizens of Guyana a guarantee that were they in government rogue elements within the security services and other state agencies would not have taken it unto themselves to deviate from the standard operating procedures governing those institutions?
What actions would they have taken that has not been taken by the political directorate should such a situation occur under their watch, except for prostituting the issue for political mileage?
Don't tell me that accepting the security sector reform loan and all the conditions attached to it by the British would've prevented this!
What actions would they have taken that has not been taken by the political directorate should such a situation occur under their watch, except for prostituting the issue for political mileage?
Don't tell me that accepting the security sector reform loan and all the conditions attached to it by the British would've prevented this!
Law enforcement agencies across the globe have elements that will deviate from standard operating procedures.
The actions of those within the force who are accused of inflicting untold suffering on a 14 year old lad are inexcusable. However, their actions must not be seen as a reflection of the force and, by extension, the administration as the Kaieteur News and the Opposition may lead others to believe.
It’s easy for the Opposition to utter such nonsense, some of which may have already crept in the reportage of some media houses. They should be reminded that all law enforcement agencies across the globe have elements that will not stay steadfast to standard operating procedures. The United States which is seen as standard bearer of adherence to human rights, has on record multiple incidents of police brutality perpetrated on people who were either in or out of custody. The 1997 case of Haitian immigrant, Abner Louima, comes to mind.
Louima was assaulted, brutalised and forcibly sodomized with a broken broom stick by New York cops. This high-profile case in which four cops were charged attracted world attention. This is not the only case of such atrocities perpetrated by cops from precincts within the United States.
Amadou Diallo was gun downed in a hail of bullets by another four New York cops. He was killed outside his home whilst reaching for his wallet. Superstar, Bruce Springsteen, wrote a song in sympathy to Diallo. The song was performed at Madison Square Garden a few weeks later.
In 1991, Rodney King was brutally beaten by some members of the Los Angles Police Department. An amateur photographer filmed the heinous incident. The footage was beamed across the world on all major television networks. King’s name became a household name for the wrong reason. On June 7, 1998, James Byrd of Texas was beaten behind a convenience store, stripped naked, chained by the ankles to a pickup truck, and dragged for three miles. Whilst his death was not at the hands of law enforcement agents, the subsequent Labour Day parade in New York saw his death being mocked by two Firemen and a Policeman.
The then Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, described the Firemen and the Policeman as “a few misguided, possibly sick, individuals”. To say the same for those who killed him would be a gross understatement. These are just a few of the many incidents of Police brutality and excessiveness in the United States. Research would show that such practices are common in other countries.
Wrong as it is, it’s prevalent even in developed countries. In these countries, the actions of those who perpetrate such atrocities are not seen as reflecting the position of the agency with which they are employed nor of that of the related City’s administration as in the case of the United States.
Rouge elements are common in all such agencies across the globe.
It’s easy for the Opposition to utter such nonsense, some of which may have already crept in the reportage of some media houses. They should be reminded that all law enforcement agencies across the globe have elements that will not stay steadfast to standard operating procedures. The United States which is seen as standard bearer of adherence to human rights, has on record multiple incidents of police brutality perpetrated on people who were either in or out of custody. The 1997 case of Haitian immigrant, Abner Louima, comes to mind.
Louima was assaulted, brutalised and forcibly sodomized with a broken broom stick by New York cops. This high-profile case in which four cops were charged attracted world attention. This is not the only case of such atrocities perpetrated by cops from precincts within the United States.
Amadou Diallo was gun downed in a hail of bullets by another four New York cops. He was killed outside his home whilst reaching for his wallet. Superstar, Bruce Springsteen, wrote a song in sympathy to Diallo. The song was performed at Madison Square Garden a few weeks later.
In 1991, Rodney King was brutally beaten by some members of the Los Angles Police Department. An amateur photographer filmed the heinous incident. The footage was beamed across the world on all major television networks. King’s name became a household name for the wrong reason. On June 7, 1998, James Byrd of Texas was beaten behind a convenience store, stripped naked, chained by the ankles to a pickup truck, and dragged for three miles. Whilst his death was not at the hands of law enforcement agents, the subsequent Labour Day parade in New York saw his death being mocked by two Firemen and a Policeman.
The then Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, described the Firemen and the Policeman as “a few misguided, possibly sick, individuals”. To say the same for those who killed him would be a gross understatement. These are just a few of the many incidents of Police brutality and excessiveness in the United States. Research would show that such practices are common in other countries.
Wrong as it is, it’s prevalent even in developed countries. In these countries, the actions of those who perpetrate such atrocities are not seen as reflecting the position of the agency with which they are employed nor of that of the related City’s administration as in the case of the United States.
Rouge elements are common in all such agencies across the globe.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Ministry Home Affairs guidelines for traffic cops leaves more questions than answers.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has published guidelines for members of the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department on several areas that have caused much inconvenience to motorists.
Among the guidelines listed by the Home Affairs Ministry are, that
- Traffic ranks are not authorized to solicit motorists to provide any favour to them including the supply of meals, cash or the provision of anything not connected with the performance of their duties. Both parties are liable to be charged criminally.
- Ranks or members of the Force are not authorized to take away any Driver’s Licence or other documents unless the driver fails to give his/her name and address or the documents are suspected to be forged or unlawfully obtained.
- Traffic tickets are to be issued to errant drivers for minor offences. Vehicles should not be detained for minor offences.
- Junior traffic ranks should not detain vehicles at police stations for unnecessarily long periods of time without probable cause and the express authority of their superiors.
- Traffic ranks are expected to be courteous to motorists and other occupants of vehicles. They must at all times act impartially.
Here's our take
1.“- Traffic ranks are not authorized to solicit motorists to provide any favour to them including the supply of meals, cash or the provision of anything not connected with the performance of their duties. Both parties are liable to be charged criminally.”
If you supply it to my surrogate who supplies it to me there is no problem.
2.“- Ranks or members of the Force are not authorized to take away any Driver’s Licence or other documents unless the driver fails to give his/her name and address or the documents are suspected to be forged or unlawfully obtained.”
The traffic cop still makes the determination. He is still in the driver’s seat.
3.“- Traffic tickets are to be issued to errant drivers for minor offences. Vehicles should not be detained for minor offences.”
Who determines what’s a minor traffic offence? The traffic cop.
4.“- Junior traffic ranks should not detain vehicles at police stations for unnecessarily long periods of time without probable cause and the express authority of their superiors.”
Oops Senior ranks can detain vehicles. What’s an unnecessarily long period of time? What’s considered probable cause? Profuse sweating on a hot day. Does the superior come to the scene of the infraction to express his authority or is the car taken to the station for this to take place? Isn’t the driver already delayed under these circumstances?
5.“- Traffic ranks are expected to be courteous to motorists and other occupants of vehicles. They must at all times act impartially.”
If the rank farts, is that being discourteous? Is the driver then free to leave?
I know the Police are trying to improve but I think they have opened a can of worms.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Police launch investigation into alleged malpractices
-two ranks in custody
THE GUYANA Police Force in a statement yesterday said it has launched an investigation into the alleged excessive use of force on prisoners by its members, and that two ranks who were recently accused of doing so have been arrested and are in police custody.
The statement comes in the wake of a rather explicit photograph carried on the front page of yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News under the equally graphic headline: ‘Torture – Teen experiencing hell in custody’.
According to the statement, their investigations have so far revealed that consequent upon the murder of former Region Three Vice-Chairman, Mr Ramnauth Bisram, one Deonarine Rafeik and another male, “who told the police that he was 18 years of age,” were arrested.
It goes on to say that having been arrested, the men at reference “were interviewed by two ranks attached to the Criminal Investigation Department who are alleged to have used excessive force on the prisoners, resulting in their receiving injuries.”
It says, however, that while the two suspects are still in custody, even after receiving medical attention, the two ranks who conducted the interrogation have been arrested and are themselves in police custody.
The investigations, the statement says, are being conducted by ranks of the Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility which is headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Heeralall Mackhanlall.
Meanwhile, said Kaieteur News article has elicited a statement from a group of concerned local lawyers pertaining to the issues of torture and denial of constitutional rights.
Following is an excerpt of that statement, with the attached signatures of the lawyers.
“The events surrounding the arrest, detention and subsequent torture of a fourteen-year-old minor and at least one other suspect while in the custody of the Guyana Police Force at the Leonora Police Station are as chilling as they are abhorrent.
The subsequent refusal by the Guyana Police Force to permit another brutalized detainee access to a legal advisor of his own choice, particularly an eminent Senior Counsel, for a period of four days is a flagrant violation of the guaranteed protected fundamental rights of the citizen, as set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Guyana by those whose primary duty is to uphold the rights enshrined in the Constitution.
The restriction and prevention by the Guyana Police of access by the media and other members of the public to a Magistrate’s Court while victims of police brutality were present in the Court are ominous signs of a cover-up and suppression of the publication of criminal activity by law enforcement officers.
We, the undersigned, wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the torture of a minor, and for a matter of fact, any other person while in custody by members of the Guyana Police Force.
We wish to record our unreserved condemnation of the Guyana Police Force of their refusal to permit the minor access to a legal advisor of his choice after his detention by the Guyana Police Force.
The restriction of access by the media to a public court by members of the Guyana Police Force where evidence of their acts of torture and violence is an unashamed attempt to suppress the dissemination of information to the public of criminal activity by members of the Guyana Police Force who are charged with the responsibility of protecting and serving the public. This enjoys our unequivocal condemnation.
We condemn crime in all forms and offer our sympathies to the victims of all crimes.
We make the following immediate demands:
1. The immediate institution of criminal charges against those responsible for the torture of the minor at the Lenora Police Station between the 27th and 30th October 2009.
2. The establishment of an independent public Commission of Inquiry into the following:
(a) Operational and structural procedures of the Guyana Police Force which led to the torture of a minor while in police custody.
(b) Operation and structural procedures which permitted these events to proceed undetected and unsanctioned.
(c) Operational and structural procedures which facilitated an Attorney at law being denied access to his client.
3. The immediate suspension of the Officer in charge of the investigation and the officer in charge of the station at which the minor was tortured during the conduct of the investigation into the events.
4. The immediate provision of immediate medical and psychological treatment to the victim of these horrific events.
1. Bernard De Santos, SC
2. CA Nigel Hughes
3. Vic Puran
4. Khemraj Ramjattan
5. Stephen Fraser
6. Mark Waldron
7. Glenn Hanoman
8. Pamela De Santos
9. Roger Yearwood
10. Ronald Burch-Smith
11. Gregory Gaskin
12. Anil Nandlall
13. Gino Persaud
14. Joseph Harmon
15. Robin Hunte
16. Kenita Cumberbatch
17. Deborah Kumar
18. Raphael Trotman
19. Peter Hugh
20. Satyesh Kissoon
21. Rexford Jackson
22. Moen Mc Doom, Jnr
23. Mishka Puran
24. Manoj Narayan
25. Tanya Warren
THE GUYANA Police Force in a statement yesterday said it has launched an investigation into the alleged excessive use of force on prisoners by its members, and that two ranks who were recently accused of doing so have been arrested and are in police custody.
The statement comes in the wake of a rather explicit photograph carried on the front page of yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News under the equally graphic headline: ‘Torture – Teen experiencing hell in custody’.
According to the statement, their investigations have so far revealed that consequent upon the murder of former Region Three Vice-Chairman, Mr Ramnauth Bisram, one Deonarine Rafeik and another male, “who told the police that he was 18 years of age,” were arrested.
It goes on to say that having been arrested, the men at reference “were interviewed by two ranks attached to the Criminal Investigation Department who are alleged to have used excessive force on the prisoners, resulting in their receiving injuries.”
It says, however, that while the two suspects are still in custody, even after receiving medical attention, the two ranks who conducted the interrogation have been arrested and are themselves in police custody.
The investigations, the statement says, are being conducted by ranks of the Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility which is headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Heeralall Mackhanlall.
Meanwhile, said Kaieteur News article has elicited a statement from a group of concerned local lawyers pertaining to the issues of torture and denial of constitutional rights.
Following is an excerpt of that statement, with the attached signatures of the lawyers.
“The events surrounding the arrest, detention and subsequent torture of a fourteen-year-old minor and at least one other suspect while in the custody of the Guyana Police Force at the Leonora Police Station are as chilling as they are abhorrent.
The subsequent refusal by the Guyana Police Force to permit another brutalized detainee access to a legal advisor of his own choice, particularly an eminent Senior Counsel, for a period of four days is a flagrant violation of the guaranteed protected fundamental rights of the citizen, as set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Guyana by those whose primary duty is to uphold the rights enshrined in the Constitution.
The restriction and prevention by the Guyana Police of access by the media and other members of the public to a Magistrate’s Court while victims of police brutality were present in the Court are ominous signs of a cover-up and suppression of the publication of criminal activity by law enforcement officers.
We, the undersigned, wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the torture of a minor, and for a matter of fact, any other person while in custody by members of the Guyana Police Force.
We wish to record our unreserved condemnation of the Guyana Police Force of their refusal to permit the minor access to a legal advisor of his choice after his detention by the Guyana Police Force.
The restriction of access by the media to a public court by members of the Guyana Police Force where evidence of their acts of torture and violence is an unashamed attempt to suppress the dissemination of information to the public of criminal activity by members of the Guyana Police Force who are charged with the responsibility of protecting and serving the public. This enjoys our unequivocal condemnation.
We condemn crime in all forms and offer our sympathies to the victims of all crimes.
We make the following immediate demands:
1. The immediate institution of criminal charges against those responsible for the torture of the minor at the Lenora Police Station between the 27th and 30th October 2009.
2. The establishment of an independent public Commission of Inquiry into the following:
(a) Operational and structural procedures of the Guyana Police Force which led to the torture of a minor while in police custody.
(b) Operation and structural procedures which permitted these events to proceed undetected and unsanctioned.
(c) Operational and structural procedures which facilitated an Attorney at law being denied access to his client.
3. The immediate suspension of the Officer in charge of the investigation and the officer in charge of the station at which the minor was tortured during the conduct of the investigation into the events.
4. The immediate provision of immediate medical and psychological treatment to the victim of these horrific events.
1. Bernard De Santos, SC
2. CA Nigel Hughes
3. Vic Puran
4. Khemraj Ramjattan
5. Stephen Fraser
6. Mark Waldron
7. Glenn Hanoman
8. Pamela De Santos
9. Roger Yearwood
10. Ronald Burch-Smith
11. Gregory Gaskin
12. Anil Nandlall
13. Gino Persaud
14. Joseph Harmon
15. Robin Hunte
16. Kenita Cumberbatch
17. Deborah Kumar
18. Raphael Trotman
19. Peter Hugh
20. Satyesh Kissoon
21. Rexford Jackson
22. Moen Mc Doom, Jnr
23. Mishka Puran
24. Manoj Narayan
25. Tanya Warren
Benschop calls for the Government's removal.
Benschop urges the removal of the PPP from office again. This time I hope he intends to do so through constitutional means and not by the last route he chose a few years back that resulted in the storming of the Office of the President, attacking of Indo-Guyanese, and deaths of two person. He also was one of main architects of the Buxton/Agricola Freedom fighters who were themselves responsible for the deaths of hundreds of mostly Indo-Guyanese.
This led to the formation of the Roger Khan Phantom gang in response that was largely blamed for returning a sense of normalcy via the killing of these criminals. Today, the deaths of those criminals are being used for political propaganda by BENSCHOP and his comrades in the Opposition. 200 has been changed to 200 Black men and now to 400-450 Black men.
Benschop now calls his movement The Movement of Change for a better Guyana, similar to the People’s Liberation Movement which he and Ronald Waddell had titled the gang of prison escapees. Guyanese should be wary of Benschop and one wonders if this new organisation is another one aimed at spreading terror through murder and mayhem like its predecessor.
In the meantime we should brace ourselves for more destruction of Government buildings, intimidation of businessmen, attacks on Indo-Guyanese and further violence from Benschop's agents and recruits.
This led to the formation of the Roger Khan Phantom gang in response that was largely blamed for returning a sense of normalcy via the killing of these criminals. Today, the deaths of those criminals are being used for political propaganda by BENSCHOP and his comrades in the Opposition. 200 has been changed to 200 Black men and now to 400-450 Black men.
Benschop now calls his movement The Movement of Change for a better Guyana, similar to the People’s Liberation Movement which he and Ronald Waddell had titled the gang of prison escapees. Guyanese should be wary of Benschop and one wonders if this new organisation is another one aimed at spreading terror through murder and mayhem like its predecessor.
In the meantime we should brace ourselves for more destruction of Government buildings, intimidation of businessmen, attacks on Indo-Guyanese and further violence from Benschop's agents and recruits.
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