We face system failures in this society that cause severe social crisis. Given the broken state of our Criminal Justice system, we must face the critical system failure at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Colwyn Harding’s allegations that a police officer tortured him in the lock-ups follow similar, recent allegations. In fact, Leader of the opposition political party, the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, took on a pro bono case as a lawyer to fight for justice for a teenage boy whom police tortured in 2010.
The magistrate found the boy was brutally and inhumanely tortured in police custody, and awarded damages of