Human Rights and Police Brutality

The Grand Bahama Human Rights Association is extremely concerned about the recent spate of reported alleged cases of brutality wrecked upon individuals while in police custody.

Minister of Foreign Affairs off to Fortieth General Assembly of the Organisation of American States

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon Brent Symonette will lead a Bahamian delegation to the Fortieth General Assembly of the Organisation of American States in Lima, Peru from June 6-8, 2010. Mr

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Minister of Foreign Affairs off to Fortieth General Assembly of the Organisation of American States

Haiti: Controversial Statistics

The Haitian Blogger contends that, contrary to some mainstream media messages, “Haiti does NOT have the ‘worst HIV infection rate in the region'.”

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Haiti: Controversial Statistics

2009 Human Rights Practices Report on The Bahamas

The following is a United States Department of State Human Rights Report on The Bahamas done by their Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. The following can be found on the United States Department of State website: www.state.gov “The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is a constitutional, parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 342,400, including an estimated 30,000 undocumented Haitians.

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Ambassador Sears at Commonwealth Mid-Term Review Meeting

Nassau, Bahamas — Ambassador Joshua Sears, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs left the country, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, to attend the Commonwealth Mid-Term Review of Universal Periodic Review Process, in London from March 11 – 12. One of the primary instruments of the Human Rights Council established by the United Nations General Assembly in March 2006 is to monitor and review the Human Rights Records of 192 Member States of the International Community.

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Ambassador Sears at Commonwealth Mid-Term Review Meeting

Bahamas, Haiti: Solidarity

A new website is launched by “a group of Bahamian webizens who hope to mobilize in support of a realistic and sensible immigration policy with respect to Haitians and their children.”

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Bahamas, Haiti: Solidarity