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2002
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JUNE 8,
2002 - Amnesty International has produced another report highlighting the
continued Jamaican police practice of executions . . . |
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MARCH 22, 2002
- Well-known CVM TV Journalist Michael Pryce and his cameraman Milton Reid
took oaths at the Coroner's inquiry . . . |
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MARCH 4, 2002
- (FAST) was reprimanded by both the Director of Public Prosecutions
(DPP) and the Judge for distributing leaflets . . . . . . |
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FEBRUARY 5, 2002
- Delroy Lewis received three police bullets -- to the side of the head,
the shoulder and the chest. . . . |
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JANUARY 17, 2002-
Jamaica recorded 1,138 murders last year and 47 since the beginning of
this year. Less than 50% of murders over the past three years have been
cleared up by the police . . . . . |
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YEAR 2001
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DECEMBER 27,
2001 - Surprise. Surprise. Despite proof that senior police officer
Reneto Adams has presided over several executions . . . |
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DECEMBER 6, 2001
- With less than a month to go before the end of the year the Jamaican
police have killed more than the reported 140 people . . . |
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OCTOBER 28, 2001
- On Thursday November 1, starting at 7am FAST will be leading a
protest action beginning at the Half Way Tree Clock Tower .
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OCTOBER 27, 2001
- Jamaica's human rights emergency has been further compounded by
at least two more controversial shootings by the security forces. . . . |
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OCTOBER 17, 2001
- The Gleaner report said that a team of policemen from
the Crime Management Unit (CMU) and the Special Anti-Crime Task Force
(SACTF) swooped down on a group of men inside the compound . . . |
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OCTOBER 7, 2001
- The selfish preoccupation of Jamaican politicians with power could never
be more transparent than at the present time. . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 10,
2001 - The official hearings into the July killing of 27 people involving
the Jamaican security forces in Western Kingston are underway. .
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SEPTEMBER 1,
2001 - The personnel of the commission of enquiry is now in place to hold
hearings into the July killing of 27 people . . . . |
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AUGUST 11, 2001
- Amnesty International releases a report about the horrendous human rights
situation in Jamaica and they are dismissed and ridiculed by the
government. . . . |
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AUGUST 2, 2001
- One of the most well known secrets iis that Jamaica has one of the
most brutal and corrupt police forces on the planet. It has one of
the highest per capita homicide rates. . . . |
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JULY 16, 2001
- It sounds almost obscene but in the aftermath of police operations in
Western Kingston which left 25 people killed . . . |
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JULY 12, 2001
- There are estimates that as many as twenty-seven people were killed,
and forty injured during recent security forces operations . . . |
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JUNE 29, 2001
- It has been rumored for quite some time now that Prime Minister
PJ Patterson is gay, a homosexual, a battyman, . . . |
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JUNE 17, 2001
- The PNC REFORM (PNC/R) yesterday lambasted the Police Special Target
Squad over extra-judicial killings saying it was out of control . . |
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JUNE 5, 2001
- We have repeatedly pointed out that police extra-judicial killings is
a state policy. . . . |
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MAY 29, 2001
- The inquest into Patrick Genius’ killing is now close to being completed
in the coroner’s court. . . . |
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MAY 27, 2001
- Since the March 14 killing of seven youth by the police death squad known
as the Crime Management Unit (CMU), at least seven others have been killed
by the police. . . . |
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MAY 7, 2001 -
The past week has seen some important happenings in the ongoing struggle
against police brutality in Jamaica. . . . |
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APRIL 23, 2001
- FOREIGN pressure over last month's killing of seven young men in Braeton,
St. Catherine, is mounting. . . . |
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APRIL 16, 2001
- The following is a transcription of a KLAS radio interview
with Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams on the early morning after the
killing of the 7 Braeton youth . . . |
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MARCH 26, 2001
- What are the possibilities that the execution of seven youth by the Jamaican
police will go unpunished? . . . |
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MARCH 24, 2001
- What are the possibilities that the execution of seven youth by the Jamaican
police will go unpunished? . . . |
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MARCH 18, 2001
- A PICKET ORGANIZED BY JAMAICANS UNITTED AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
(JUAPB) WAS STAGED OUTSIDE THE JAMAICAN CONSULATE |
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MARCH 18, 2001
- PROTEST ON MONDAY MARCH 19 AT JAMAICAN CONNSULATE . . . |
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MARCH 16, 2001
- The police story is familiar. They went loooking for wanted men. They
were fired upon. They returned the fire and this time 7 youth aged between
15 and 20 years old were found dead. . . . |
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MARCH 16, 2001
- The Jamaican police executed seven young men on Wednesday morning
in Braeton, St. Catherine. Their ages ranged from 15 to 20.
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MARCH 12, 2001
- The fear factor The fear factor is a major ingredient in our now entrenched
culture of violence. . . . |
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MARCH 11, 2001
- What we want: (1) A coroner's court to hear ALL cases of police
killings. (2) A revitalized Police Public Complaints Authority .
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MARCH 1, 2001
- Letter From Delroy Chuckk, Jamaica Labour Party member
of Parliament Lloyd . . . |
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FEBRUARY 26,
2001 - Jamaica's tourist moguls reap millions of dollars from tourism each
year and cry the loudest against "tourist harassment." . . . |
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FEBRUARY 15,
2001 - Since the start of the year 2001 the Jamaican police have
already killed at least twenty people provoking demonstrations . . . |
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FEBRUARY 2, 2001
- Like a burst of thunder from the skies, maany Jamaicans were for the first
time hearing about the Human Rights Commission . . . |
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JANUARY 27, 2001
- We recently wrote Amnesty International asking for clarification as to
what role they played . . . |
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JANUARY 15, 2001
- Jamaican Minister gives police licence to kill; Open Letter to Amnesty
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JANUARY 12, 2001
- The British government has decided tto lift its ban on weapons
to the Jamaica Constabulary Force . . . |
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JANUARY 8, 2001
- As we look forward to the start of the new year let us remember those
who were deprived of their lives by the policy of murder perpetrated by
the Jamaica Constabulary Force . . . |
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YEAR 2000
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DECEMBER 30,
2000 - As we look forward to the start of the new year let us remember
those who were deprived of their lives . . . . |
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DECEMBER 6, 2000
- Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member
of parliament Delroy Chuck has responded, or more correctly decided not
to respond . . . |
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DECEMBER 1, 2000
- Open letteer to Delroy Chuck, Jamaica
Labour Party member of Parliament. You are to be commended
for being one of the most outspoken politicians on the endemic problem
of police brutality . . . . |
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NOVEMBER 19,
2000 - The following article
from Jamaica's Daily Gleaner is common example of the policy being pursued
by the Jamaican government through the police force of executing suspected
criminals. . . . |
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NOVEMBER 18,
2000 - Jamaican politicians
continue to play political football with serious issues of human rights
abuses in Jamaica. . . . |
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NOVEMBER 12,
2000 - Senior Superintendent
Reneto Adams and the Anatomy of a Typical Police Killing. . . . |
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OCTOBER 24, 2000
- Jamaicans United Against Police Brutality
(JUAPB) wishes to endorse the decision of the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights to begin hearing testimony from survivors . . . |
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OCTOBER 7, 2000
- Caribbean Justice believes the recent
Privy Council judgment in the case of 6 Jamaicans is being used as an excuse
to erode the rights of Death Row prisoners still further. . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 28,
2000 - Open letter to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago by Amnesty
International . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 18,
2000 - Our response to Nadi Edwards’ concern about our threat to call for
a boycott of tourism if the Jamaican government refuses to end state support
of police executions. |
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SEPTEMBER 24,
2000 - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GOVERNMENT ACCUSES AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL .
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SEPTEMBER 23,
2000 - Faxed letter to Prime Minister PJ Patterson by Caribbean Justice
(UK). In order to resume hanging in Jamaica the government is considering
a withdrawal from . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 23,
2000 - The website for Jamaicans United Against Police Brutality
(JUAPB) is in construction as we speak . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 23,
2000 - Responses to Donna P. Hope's comments on the question posed
by us, Jamaicans United Against Police Brutality, as to whether the tourist
industry should be boycotted . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 22,
2000 - A Few Thoughts on Gays and Jamaican Police Brutality . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 21,
2000 - We are happy that the British Government has decided to maintain
its ban on selling guns to Jamaica's police force. . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 18,
2000 - "The Roots FM [Radio] programme was inspiring. The programme
looked at the formal and informal justice systems . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 18,
2000 - Jamaican poet, responds to "Prime Minister Patterson says not to
gay rights" . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 18,
2000 - SHOULD WE BOYCOTT JAMAICA'S TOURIST INDUSTRY . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 17,
2000 - Response of Nadi Edwards to our September 14 Press Release
calling for a suspension of any more international shipment of weapons
to the Jamaican Security forces. . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 17,
2000 - I would like to share with you a letter from Yvonne Sobers
about the visit of Pierre Sane to Jamaica. Pierre is the Secretary
General of Amnesty International now focusing on human rights . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 14,
2000 - JUAPB welcomes the decision of British authorities to suspend
shipment of guns to the Jamaica Constabulary Force . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 8,
2000 - With signs reading "Jamaican Police Kill with impunity"
"Jamaican Police Kill 150, PM Patterson sees no evil, hears no evil,"
"Jamaica: What about human rights?" . . . |
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SEPTEMBER 1,
2000 - ON SEPTEMBER 7, AT DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA, JAMAICANS
UNITED AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY HOLDS A DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST POLICE
KILLINGS IN JAMAICA. . . . |
