AfriKa CRY BLOOD

THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE, a lobby group fighting the cause of the late I’Akobi Tacuma Maloney, plans to take its case to the United Nations.

This was revealed Saturday night on the anniversary of the death of the 23-year-old Rastafarian of Hutson’s Alley, Reed Street, St Michael. Maloney died on June 17, 2008, at Land Lock in St Lucy.

The circumstances of his death were investigated by Coroner Faith Marshall-Harris who returned a verdict of misadventure.

Attorney at law David Comissiong, in his presentation at the anniversary celebrations at the Israel Lovell Foundation, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael, lauded the Justice Committee for its stance. (more…)

by YVETTE BEST

A CALL has gone out to all faiths to help stop Rastafari profiling.

Speaking at Monday’s celebration of African Liberation Day in Jubilee Gardens, Ras KudosSage I said it would call for people to speak in one voice.

“As we set about to eliminate the remaining vestiges of racism, let us be mindful of the fact that there is another scourge called religious intolerance, which the Rastafari community finds itself head to head with.

“And we are calling on our brothers and sisters in faith to help us to combat this scourge and this offspring called Rastafari profiling,” he urged.

The representative from the Ichirouganaim Council for the Advancement of Rastafari (ICAR) said his brothers and sisters were still being persecuted.

“Rastafari finds itself in a position where we are continually persecuted for the way we practice our worship and for the very things that define us as Rastafari,” he said.

Noting that the African black man was similarly persecuted and rose from that position, Ras KudosSage I said “it is my hope and dream that Rastafari will do the same”. (more…)