Tuesday, November 5, 2024
If you support the work of Guyana Graphic click here to : DONATE
HomePoliticsUS Department of State Identified Several Areas of concern in the 2022...

US Department of State Identified Several Areas of concern in the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

In the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Guyana the US Department of State identified several areas of concern, among them are:

  • Corruption by police officers was frequent
  • There were reports of arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention
  • Lengthy pretrial detention remained a problem
  • Delays and inefficiencies undermined judicial due process
  • As of September, police reported that only 48 percent of reports of rape resulted in criminal charges
  • Domestic violence and gender-based violence, including spousal abuse, was widespread
  • NGOs alleged some police officers could be bribed to make cases of child abuse “go away.”
  • The political party system was overwhelmingly race based, with Indo-Guyanese forming most of the government and Afro-Guyanese forming the majority of the opposition as well as the civil service
  • The ruling party’s monopoly of state media created an imbalance in public discourse and tended to give the party a public affairs advantage, since the opposition did not have an outlet of its own.

Click here for the entire report.

Related Articles

Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Contact Information for Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Address: Timehri, Guyana

Call: +592 261 2281

Call: +592 699 9074

Call: +592 600 7022

Email: cjiac@cjairport-gy.com https://cjairport-gy.com/contact-us/

Most Popular

Recent Comments

Debra K. Lawrence on Hotels you’ll never forget
Leith Yearwood on Snake Cut
Georgina Lambert-Calvert on What has happened to some of our young folks
Caribbean C Live on John Gimlette’s Voyages
Rev. Adunnola Waterman-French on GAC 2012 Reunion – A perfect Take-off
Georgina Lambert-Calvert on Guyana Emancipation (Freedom) Day History
Althea Garraway on Tapir
Open chat
Hello
Can we help you?