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19-year-old Joel Henry and 16-year-old Isaiah Henry who were killed and mutilated in the West Coast Berbice backlands earlier this year.

GUYANA | Henry Family feels they are being targeted by the police

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 16, 2020 - The family of  the Henry youths who were killed and mutilated in the West Coast Berbice backlands earlier this year - feels they are being targeted by the police as the mother and brother of Joel Henry were arrested, amid claims and counter-claims of  assault.

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Former CEO of NICIL, Mr. Colvin Heath-London

GUYANA | Heath-London responds to NICIL with documentary evidence

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 23, 2020 - Mr. Nigel Hughes, Attorney for  Colvin Heath-London the  embattled former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana government’s holding company for State assets- National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), has responded to the company’s allegation of fraud in relation to board minutes and other documents released in defence of his client.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Justice
Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes says his client waas wrongfully arrested

GUYANA | Nigel Hughes says his client Heath-London was wrongfully arrested

GEORGETOWN, November 22, 2020 - Nigel Hughes, attorney for former NICIL CEO Colvin Heath-London, says his client has been wrongfully arrested and that that an application to extend the time for Mr. London’s continued detention is being prepared by Lawyers for the state.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Justice
Joel and Isiah Henry and Haresh Singh

GUYANA | Opposition may fund overseas forensic probe into teen murders

GEORGETOWN, November 9, 2020 - The delicate balance in the historically uneasy relationship between Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese continues to be threatened by the inability of the police to solve the killing of the three teenagers from the West Coast Berbice in early September which prompted several days of protests and unrest.

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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, S.C.appointed PPP Member of Parliament to prosecute the case against the staff of the Guyana Electoral Commission

GUYANA | Hughes issues Nov. 3 deadline for DPP to withdraw MP as prosecutor in election case

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 31, 2020 - Attorney at law Nigel Hughes, has given Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecution, Shalimar Ali-Hack, S.C., until November 3 to revoke the Fiat issued to PPP member of parliament Sanjeev Datadin to present and prosecute the cases against his clients  Keith Lowenfield and Roxanne Myers, Chief and Deputy Election Officers of the Guyana Election Commission.

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  • Countries Guyana
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Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes who appears for several GECOM staffers who have been charged in relation to the March 2 General Elections recount debacle

GUYANA | Hughes writes to DPP asking that MP Datadin be removed as prosecutor

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 25, 2020 - Wiredja Online News understands that attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, formally requesting that she revokes the appointment of People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament Sanjeev Datadin as special prosecutor into the ongoing election fraud cases.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Justice
Attorney at law Nigel Hughes objects to PPP Member of Parliament Sanjeev Datadin serving as Prosecutor in case against GECOM officials

GUYANA | Hughes objects to PPP MP serving as Prosecutor in case against GECOM officials

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 24, 2020 - Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes has objected to the government’s appointment of sitting parliamentarian for the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Attorney-at-Law Sanjeev Datadin to prosecute the cases involving GECOM officials, for which his party had instituted private charges.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Justice
Police Headquarters, Brickdam, Georgetown

GUYANA | Government intensifies pressure on GECOM Staff, Political Opposition

GEORGETOWN, October 20, 2020 - As the hearing of the Elections Petitions case by the Guyana Supreme Court into the March 2 General Elections draws closer, the new PPP administration appears to be using the Guyana police force to intensify its pressure on the staff of the Guyana Elections Commission as well as the harassment of targeted members of the APNU/AFC Coalition.

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  • Countries Guyana
  • Published in Politics
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