Guyana

Guyana: Stop Dress Code Arrests

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:16:08 -0800

(Georgetown) - Guyana should halt arrests and police abuse of transgender people and repeal a repressive law that criminalizes wearing clothes considered appropriate only for the opposite sex, six human rights organizations said today in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Letter to the President of the Republic of Guyana

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:20:11 -0800

His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo
President of the Republic of Guyana
Office of the President
New Garden Street and Vlissengen Road,
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana

Dear President Jagdeo:

Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0700

Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Secretary General
Organisation of the Islamic Conference
P.O. Box 178
Jeddah-21411
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dear Dr. Ihsanoglu,

Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization that since 1978 has reported on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in more than 70 countries around the world.

Letter to Guyana's Foreign Minister

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:00:00 -0800

We are writing to express our profound regret that your government plans to withdraw from the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Electoral Conditions in Guyana

Human Rights Watch — Sat, 01 Sep 1990 00:00:00 -0700

In the 24 years since independence, massive, systematic electoral fraud has denied the Guyanese people their right to freely elect their government.