While Indigenous communities in the Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven, who are seeking legal recognition of their rights to traditional and ancestral lands, are still awaiting a High Court ruling, their lawyer says no reason has been given for the delay.
For more than two decades now, communities that fall under the Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) have been engaged in a legal battle to recognise 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.