Sherwin Ramnarine News Today

The High Court has dismissed an application by the Office of the Attorney General to lift an interim injunction that was previously granted to two prison officers preventing the Commissioner

A HIGH COURT judge has refused to set aside an injunction which prevents the Commissioner of Prisons from transferring two Muslim prison officers who have complained of a policy barring them from wearing beards.

A HIGH COURT judge has granted injunctions to two Muslim prison officers who have sued the State for alleged victimisation, punishment and breaches of their rights to practise their religion because they were not allowed to grow their beards. The injunctions prevent their transfer to the Port of Spain prison and carry a penal clause