Human-rights watchdog Amnesty International's researcher on Jamaica, Chiara Liguori, has called on the Government to act swiftly to undertake a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the security forces' 2010 incursion into Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston.
"After three years, Jamaica still has not met its obligation to complete a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation into the dozens of allegations of unlawful killings by security forces and other serious human-rights abuses during the state of emergency," Liguori said.
Liguori was speaking yesterday at a joint press conference with local human-rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ).
"The previous and the current governments should take responsibility for this failure and must immediately do everything necessary to ensure that the rights of victims to truth, justice and reparations are fulfilled without further delay," she insisted. READ More...
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