Regional and worldwide attorneys condemn arrest and detention of lawyer in Guyana

The Jamaican Bar Affiliation (JBA) has joined its counterpart in Guyana in condemning the arrest of lawyer Tamieka Clarke for advising a shopper to stay silent throughout questioning.

The Guyana Bar Affiliation (GBA), Guyana Affiliation of Girls Legal professionals, the Group of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA) and the Commonwealth Legal professionals Affiliation (CLA) have all condemned the arrest.

In a press release, the JBA stated it regards the arrest and detention of Tamieka Clarke as “an assault on a basic precept of the rule of legislation.

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“We condemn this motion and are very involved about this assault on the authorized career It’s a clear departure from the Structure of Guyana which enshrines the fitting to silence in the midst of legal investigation in keeping with the recommendation of counsel within the matter. This gross encroachment by the State has the consequence or undermining the rule of legislation and we will stay fastidiously attentive on this trigger,” the Jamaica Bar Affiliation added.

Clarke final Friday moved to the Excessive Courtroom after she was arrested on October 28, by members of the Guyana Police Pressure’s Particular Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) for informing her shopper, who has been accused of computer-related fraud, to stay silent.

She has since sued the Guyana Police Pressure (GPF) for greater than GUY$300,000 (One Guyana greenback=US$0.004 cents) for her wrongful arrest and detention by police and the short-term seizure of her cell phone with out justification.

Clarke desires the Excessive Courtroom to declare that her basic proper to non-public liberty as assured and guarded by Article 139 of Guyana’s Structure was breached by SOCU officers when she was arrested and detained for advising her shopper to stay silent.

Additional, she is asking the Excessive Courtroom to declare that her basic proper and freedom towards arbitrary arrest as set out and offered for in Article 40 of Guyana’s Structure was breached and/or violated by cops once they arrested and detained her at SOCU’s headquarters and that the detention and seizure of her cellphone by SOCU officers with out her permission and with out lawful excuse was wrongful.

Tamieka Clarke is in search of a Excessive Courtroom declaration that any lawyer working towards in Guyana is entitled to advise a shopper of the Consumer’s entitlement to stay silent when being questioned by members of any legislation enforcement company or physique in Guyana; is entitled to seek the advice of together with his/her shopper in personal with out the contents of the stated session being recorded in any method together with via audio-visual recording by any legislation enforcement company in Guyana or elsewhere, and is entitled to advise any one that has sought her counsel to train the fitting to stay silent when questioned by a member of any legislation enforcement company in Guyana.

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