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Jun 07, 2016 News
United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner, Greg Quinn, has joined the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Press Association (GPA) to condemn the recent act of terror perpetuated against Kaieteur News.
It was Benjamin Franklin who said, “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”
Quinn’s statement against the attack on Kaieteur News is a stark reminder of Franklin’s mantra. The High Commissioner urged that all stand united against any form of attack against press freedom.
On Saturday evening, as staffers and friends of Kaieteur News congregated for the wake of fallen senior crime reporter and assistant editor, Dale Andrews, someone threw a grenade that landed near the vehicle of Kaieteur News Publisher Glenn Lall.
It was a live fragmentation grenade. Experts are saying that it can only be “a miracle that the device did not explode.”
The Government and the GPA have since condemned the act.
Quinn is the first envoy to publicly condemn the attack on Kaieteur News.
He said, “Freedom of the press is sacrosanct. There is no room in a modern Guyana for attacks such as that on KN over the weekend.”
Quinn said that it is of utmost importance that “all condemn this and all other attacks on those whose jobs it is to act as the spotlight of society.”
Kaieteur News has been targeted before. It has been firebombed, five pressmen were gunned down and a serving Minister of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) had threatened the lives of staffers.
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These culprits are after Mr. Glen Lall and his staff for years, look what they did a few days ago and nothing came out of that incident and nothing will come out of this one either. This is what the justice in Guyana is all about, no peace, no justice, come citizens stand up for justice. All I can say is let us keep praying for Mr. Lall, his family and the staff at Kaieteur News.
This grenade tossing incident must be taken seriously and the authors behind it must be brought to justice and handed lengthy prison sentences . These people are attacking one of the pillars of a true democracy. Let this be their last unpatriotic act.
Not quite sure why anyone would agree to this dastardly deed that could have cost lives and caused damage, but this was a failed grenade-for-hire hit. Political?