Government responsible for Hinckson’s safety

Sep 12, 2008 News

– PNCR

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has expressed its concern about the continuing reports that sedition accused, Oliver Hinckson, has been placed in solitary confinement, without proper procedures being observed.
At a press conference held yesterday, Executive Member of the party, Aubrey Norton said that Hinckson is being shunted from police station to police station, repeatedly denied bail and, generally, being harassed by the Jagdeo PPP/C Administration.
The party is now under the impression that conditions are being created to harm Oliver Hinckson physically or to break his spirit.
“In the circumstances, where the security forces seem to have been given licence for such violations against Mr. Hinckson, matters could easily get out of hand with potentially disastrous consequences. Guyanese will remember that it was such unsavory and illegal methods that led to the recent death of Edwin Niles,” Norton said.
The PNCR stated that it is time that the government understands that the continued suppression of the rights of individual citizens is highly provocative and can lead to consequences, which will have a negative impact on the political and economical development of society.
“The PNCR wishes to make it quite clear that the safety and well being of Oliver Hinckson is a direct responsibility of the Jagdeo regime and, therefore, if any harm should come to him, the Administration would be accountable to the Guyanese people,” Norton stated.
The party has since called on the administration to drop the pretence that Hinckson is being tried for sedition and encouraging others to commit a terrorist act.
The PNCR is claiming that Oliver Hinckson is a political prisoner, since nothing that is said or done by the Jagdeo Administration, at this time, suggests otherwise.
Recently, the accused made another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where one of his lawyers, Nigel Hughes, had informed the judge that he had received information that his client’s life was in danger.
He had disclosed that apart from that, there is a clear attempt being made to negatively impact the trial.
Hughes articulated that there are forces trying to interfere with the court’s work, even as he questioned whether it is legal for his client to be placed in solitary confinement for 22-and-a-half hours daily.
The lawyer told the court that Hinckson is allowed to see sunlight for merely one-and-a-half hours, noting that the treatment is “unusual and cruel” for his client.

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