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A group of 23 women and two men have issued a letter to the press, calling on government and other aligned actors to cease their vile attacks against activists, journalists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights defenders who are doing their part to represent the interests of vulnerable groups.
Over the past month verbal attacks, denigrating comments, erroneous accusations, name calling and threats against journalists, NGOs, environmental activists and human rights defenders have mushroomed. Such actions have originated from several sources, including senior members of Government, individuals who appear to be paid or unpaid advisers, social media personalities, columnists and anonymous Facebook page operators. These attacks including threats have been publicized in the media so they are widely available for anyone to read, plus the probability that similar attacks could take place pl...
I write with reference to a letter under the title “These assaults on journalists in Guyana exhibit the characteristics of authoritarian countries” (published on April 18, 2023). The letter by a group of twenty-six well-known anti-government operatives is pregnant with manufactured misinformation that would make Noam Chomsky run for cover.
Allow me to respond to Red Thread’s opinion piece – “Mr. Persaud should understand that the term grassroots is not restricted to his limited interpretation” published on April 7, 2023. The letter signed by Wintress White, Halima Khan, Joy Marcus, Shirley Ault, Susan Collymore, Vanessa Ross, Maeve Ramsay, Jonel Perreira, Michelle John, is further confirmation that Red Thread is rudderless outfit excepting for its commitments to the wild ambitions of the WPA.
Mr. Randolph Persaud, Advisor to President Irfaan Ali, made a vicious response to Red Thread’s letter that was published in the Stabroek Newspaper of March 29, 2023 asking for clarification about whether our concern about our environment and our country makes us hypocrites. Our letter was expressing a genuine question to our Head-of-State who seemed to suggest that any Guyanese asking unpopular questions is a hypocrite.