AfriKa CRY BLOOD

BY GERCINE CARTER

Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite has been urged to ensure that claims of abuse of power by the Royal Barbados Police Force are thoroughly investigated.

The force came in for a barrage of criticism from a cross section of Barbadians during the question and answer session following the Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr Irene Khan, former secretary general of Amnesty International at the Frank Collymore Hall last Monday night.

Khan spoke on Why Freedom Matters: Challenges And Opportunities For Human Rights In The 21st Century.

Several members of the audience related personal stories, alleging abuse of power by police.

“There is a problem with the police being overzealous; they abuse their authority; there is no functioning Police Complaints Authority. There is a problem here with the police complaints process,” one man complained to the Amnesty official. (more…)

Rastafari Community of Barbados
July 2008

In pursuit of social justice and the elimination of further Rastafari profiling, we, the Rastafari Community of Barbados, clearly publish the following demands and collective interests: (more…)