GEORGETOWN, Guyana May 13, 2021 - The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has objected to the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) involvement in reforming the Guyana Elections Commission and playing any role in electoral reform in Guyana. It has characterised IRI, the implementing agency as unacceptable.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana May 13, 2021 - The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has objected to the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) involvement in reforming the Guyana Elections Commission and playing any role in electoral reform in Guyana. It has characterised IRI, the implementing agency as unacceptable.
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The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary roots.
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The recent violence at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount area and in the Old City of Jerusalem has spiralled into something bigger and more dangerous. Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters at the weekend have left hundreds injured. Tensions rose further on Monday and Tuesday after Israeli airstrikes launched in retaliation for Hamas rocket attacks killed 35 people, including 12 children, in Gaza City.
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MONTEGO BAY, May 7, 2021 - While US Republicans are introducing some 250 new laws to restrict votes for tens of millions of Black and Latino citizens in over 43 states, a subsidiary organization, the International Republican Institute (IRI) is to embark on a project which ironocally aims to “strengthen democracy” in the soon to be oil rich Cooperative Republic Guyana.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 5, 2021 - Shadow Minister of Local Government MP Denise Daley, is wary that Social Security Minister Karl Samuda may be planning an overhaul of the Farm Work programme which could disfranchise many Jamaicans who see a farm work ticket as a lifeline.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 2, 2021 - Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Amanza Walton Desir, has hit back at the PPP/C Administration which claimed that her comments on a recent broadcast with Professor David Hines was racist, “completely misconceived” and “palpably wrong.
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GEORGETOWN, May 1, 2021 - The arrest of online talk show host, Gavin Matthews for allegedly causing emotional distress and humiliation to government Charles Ramson Jr., has not gone down well with Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon.
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KINGSTON, April 26, 2021 - Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Donna Scott-Mottley, wants Government Senator Kamina Johnson Smith to immediately call the name of the opposition senator whom she says has been stalking her by sending threatening e-mails.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 23, 2021 - Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton has reiterated that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration is continuing its discriminatory practices against Afro-Guyanese, despite the matter being brought to public attention.
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