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Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels wants to find out when the Jamaican government will be demanding the release of four Jamaican citizens in US

JAMAICA | Attorney demands release of Jamaicans illegally held in Florida

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica December 29, 2020 – Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels wants to find out when the Jamaican government will be demanding the release of four Jamaican citizens whose boat was blown-up by the US Coast Guard, arrested, tried and acquitted by the US courts, yet are still being illegally held by the US immigration.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith has sought to explained why the government granted a waiver for the US Coast Guard to detain five Jamaican fishermen in 2017.

JAMAICA | Why gov't granted waiver for US Coast Guard to detain Jamaican fishermen

KINGSTON, June 25, 2019 - Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith today  said a US delegation is to arrive in Jamaica shortly to discuss the detention of the five Jamaican fishermen, and to give  the government an assurance that the the US government followed and will continue to  follow protocols under the Shiprider agreement.

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National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang speaking with Hotline host Emily Shields| Photo Courtesy of Radio Jamaica

JAMAICA | Chang to hold talks with US Embassy over Fishermen Affair

KINGSTON,  Jamaica, June 19, 2019 - As the developments unfold in the case of the five Jamaican fishermen who were detained, mistreated and jailed by the United States Coast Guard in 2017 on suspicion of drug smuggling, National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang is to meet with US Embassy officials next week, to get more information.

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