GTUC urges protection of human rights through constitutional change

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said that fundamental human rights in Guyana must be respected through urgent constitutional change geared towards guaranteeing inclusion rather than exclusion.

In a press release yesterday, the GTUC said, “The continuous violation of these freedoms, as witnessed in Guyana has produced a state of hopelessness and willful systemic deprivation of those who are perceived not to be supportive of the status quo and not belonging to the same group.”

The GTUC noted that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on