Gov’t urged by Inter-American body to protect KN trio

Following the explosive conversation between Attorney General Anil Nandlall and a Kaieteur News reporter last month, the Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights (IACHR) on November 18th called on the Guyana Government to take the necessary measures to protect the lives of three members of the newspaper.

Following a complaint on behalf of the newspaper on November 5th by attorney Christopher Ram, the IACHR said that after analyzing the information presented it had found that a prima facie case had been made “that the members of the Kaieteur News journal are in a serious and urgent situation, since their lives and personal integrity face an imminent risk of irreparable harm”.

The KN trio was identified as Leonard Gildarie, the reporter that Nandlall had the conversation with,