by JFJAdmin | Sep 29, 2020 | General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policing and Public Security
September 29, 2020 – Jamaicans for Justice sends our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of two members of Jamaica’s security forces shot and killed in the line of duty on Sept. 25 and Sept. 26. Private Reneil King, 21, was shot in a Jamaican Defence...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 8, 2020 | Access to Justice, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy
A studio portrait of Mario Deane in his twenties. Photo courtesy of Mercia Frazer. By Tori Tulloch Since the police-involved death of thirty-one-year-old Mario Deane in 2014, the journey of his case through the criminal...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 22, 2020 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy
On May 27, 2020, Minister of Justice the Honourable Delroy Chuck tabled a motion in Parliament regarding amendments to the INDECOM Act, 2010. This action follows a recent ruling of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council – Jamaica’s highest court of appeal – on...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 5, 2020 | Access to Justice, General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policing and Public Security
MAY 30, 2020 – Jamaicans for Justice is deeply concerned by the news of the killing of Susan Bogle – a disabled woman from the August Town community – allegedly in her bed by a member of the JDF on May 27, 2020. This incident has once again put the spotlight on...
by JFJAdmin | May 26, 2020 | Access to Justice, General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policing and Public Security
by Kathrina Dabdoub May 23, 2020 marks ten years since a State of Emergency (SOE) was declared, and over 1,000 members of the Jamaica security forces were deployed in and around the communities of Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town. In the aftermath,...
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | General Human Rights Issues, Governance and Transparency, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy, Redress and Legal
Court Rules That Full Investigations Into Police Misconduct Necessary Prior to Promotions On March 25, 2019, Jamaica’s highest Court of Appeal, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered a landmark judgement in a case filed by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ)...
