Linden enquiry should address right to life, ministerial interference in police force -GHRA

The Guyana Human Rights Association believes the proposed Commission of Inquiry into the deaths in Linden resulting from the use of live rounds by the Police on July 18 should address right to life issues and seek ways to restrict ministerial interference in the Police Force.

“It is equally important that the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Commission take into account longer term underlying problematic issues festering for decades within the Guyana Police Force which contributed to the events in Linden,” a release from the GHRA said yesterday.

It said that the COI is critical in getting to the bottom of who took the decisions and who pulled the triggers and to make recommendations regarding compensation to