NGOs protest ‘criminal’ sentence handed down to babysitter over child abuse

A section of the protestors circling the front of Guyana International Conference Centre in Liliendaal demonstrating against a court ruling handed down by a magistrate last week.

Three NGOs yesterday demonstrated outside the Guyana International Con-ference Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara against a sentence handed down by a magistrate last week which saw a teen being jailed for 5 years for assaulting a baby.

Nearly 30 protestors marched outside the Conference Centre while a workshop hosted by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and attended by local jurists was in session. The CCJ’s inaugural sitting in Guyana began yesterday and concludes tomorrow.

Protestors from the Guyana Women Miners Organization (GWMO), Red Thread and the Amerindian People’s Associa-tion (APA) referred to the