GUYANA - The Guyana Human Rights Association GHRA has blamed the Guyana Police Force for the escalation of violence in society, referencing the recent deaths in Linden and the uproar in West Coast Demerara on Thursday over the death of an 11-year-old girl, ...
Adrianna Younge, at the Double Day Hotel. The association said while the circumstances of the child’s death are as yet unknown, “her body was found with marks of violence and its discovery only occurred at around 10.00 am despite the pool having been searched several times since she disappeared in mid-afternoon yesterday Wednesday The GHRA said it is concerned about how the Guyana Police Force GPF once again alienated an angry crowd of villagers by attempting to allay fears by spreading, as yet unsubstantiated, reports of having identified the child in CCTV footage in a village some distance from the hotel. “No one has yet corroborated this story, which contradicts the version of the girl’s grandmother who had earlier checked CCTV footage as soon as she realised the child was missing. The association said that while burning down the hotel would normally be seen as the work of extremists and provoke a negative response from the average citizen, the startling cross-section of more sober citizens expressing agreement with this action should be a cause for alarm both in the GPF itself and among ruling politicians. “The Guyana Police Force GPF is a civic, not a military body. (Kaieteur News)