-High Commissioner affirms solidarity with rights defenders
Civic organizations here last week benefited from a three-day human rights workshop co-ordinated by the GHRA and supported by the UK Magna Carta Fund, through the good offices of the British High Commission.
A release yesterday from the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said that it was led by the Brazil-based human rights expert Conor Foley. Trade unionists, activists in child, women, environment and indigenous rights, journalists and anti-corruption activists were made aware of techniques to improve the impact of their work in a situation of shrinking democratic space. The release said that the workshop provided an opportunity for the agencies to look at themselves and their methods of operation rather than at particular problems.