Five years after the final submissions were made in a court action against the Government of Guyana by the Indigenous peoples of the Upper Mazaruni, who are seeking legal recognition of their rights to traditional and ancestral lands, community leaders are still awaiting a ruling.
For 24 years, communities that fall under the Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) have been engaged in a legal battle to reccognise their land rights and now hold the view that the lengthy delay in bringing the matter to a conclusion amounts to a denial of justice.