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More here: http://rastaites.com/news/hearticals...ralGardens.pdf
CORAL GARDENS ATROCITY OF 12TH APRIL 1963 IS A DEMAND FOR REPARATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA.
The Government of Jamaica declaration of war on innocent Rastafari and the blind eye to vigilante
justice against innocent Rastafari must be accounted for. The Government of Jamaica need to comply
with resolution #32 & 33 of the Durban Declaration which is to “recognize the value and diversity of the
cultural heritage of African and people of African descent and affirm the importance and necessity of
ensuring their full integration into social, economical and political life with a view of facilitating their full
participation at all levels in the decision making process…“
The 50th Anniversary of the Coral Gardens Atrocity/massacre better known as “Bad Friday “April 12th
2013,is not a time for jumping up on as stage show with a bag of rhetoric, having a picnic, socializing
with friends and associates or even chanting a Nyah Binghi in the name of Coral Garden Atrocity.
This is the time to demand answers from the public defender of Jamaica who had collected testimonies
months ago from the few the remaining survivors of ‘Bad Friday”. It is a known fact that the statute of
limitations have passed for a court settlement, therefore the ball in into the public defender’s court to
claim justice for Rastafari in the Jamaican Parliament according to law of the land, or maybe this is
another political façade of the elite.
Those who have suffered are willing able to speak on the matter, although now ripe in age, and being
plagued with life threatening ailments, their memory of the event is like yesterday.
The Government of the day through their Prime Minister made a nationwide decree to “Bring in all
Rastafari dead or alive, if the jail can’t hold them we will dig trenches in Bogue cemetery and bury them.”
Is this justice?
Now this is a clear violation of one’s Fundamental Rights and Freedom that was enshrined in the
Jamaican Constitution Order in Council 1962, Chapter 3,
which reads:
“Whereas, every person in Jamaica is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual,
that is to say, has the right wherever his race, place of origin political opinion, color creed or sex, --to
each and all the following.
(a) Life, liberty, security of the person, the enjoyment of property and the
protection of the law.
(b)Freedom of conscience, of expression and of peaceful assembly and
association.
Who is there to stand up for justice for the many innocent Rastafari who were brutalized by the hands of
police and brainwashed blood thirsty citizens? Some of the so called intellectual Rastafari are making fancy speeches and now planning another stage show to boost their ego, why waste hard earned cash on
pleasure factor? Know that a stage show will have no impact on the present situation, only if the money earned from it will be going towards the employment of consultant and attorneys to pursue the matter.
The fact that there was no accountability from the 2012 stage show; will 2013 be any different with the
same team? No chanters had ever won any struggle for equal rights and justice; know that Coral Gardens
Atrocity is a political one.
There must be a mobilizing force to bring all progressive Rastafari to lobby for reparation from the
Government of Jamaica for the Coral Garden Atrocity of April 1963 , a closure must be brought to this
urgent matter, sooner than later.
From the records of those alive, there are approximately thirty survivors (30) of ‘bad Friday now residing
in Montego bay, five (5) in the parish of Trelawney, four (4) in the parish of Hanover, two (2) in the
parish of Westmoreland, those who have died from Western Jamaica amount to fifty four (54). However
with more in depth research more can be accounted for.
Old people will say not because those who have suffered are now in their twilight years of high seventy
(70), eighty 80 years or more, the young and able should not dish out any old food in the plate or make
claims on the behalf of those who have suffered without proper consultation, that is not Rastafari ways
and it stand against the Nyah Binghi creed.
International Law recognizes that those who commit crimes against humanity must make reparations
such Rastafari have a legal claim, why some who chant Rastafari think that having a party and feel good
at the detriment of others will be accepted in this day and age?
The Government of Jamaica declaration of war on innocent Rastafari and the blind eye to vigilante
justice against innocent Rastafari must be accounted for. The Government of Jamaica need to comply
with resolution #32 & 33 of the Durban Declaration which is to “recognize the value and diversity of the
cultural heritage of African and people of African descent and affirm the importance and necessity of
ensuring their full integration into social, economical and political life with a view of facilitating their full
participation at all levels in the decision making process…“
The 50th Anniversary of the Coral Gardens Atrocity/massacre better known as “Bad Friday “April 12th
2013,is not a time for jumping up on as stage show with a bag of rhetoric, having a picnic, socializing
with friends and associates or even chanting a Nyah Binghi in the name of Coral Garden Atrocity.
This is the time to demand answers from the public defender of Jamaica who had collected testimonies
months ago from the few the remaining survivors of ‘Bad Friday”. It is a known fact that the statute of
limitations have passed for a court settlement, therefore the ball in into the public defender’s court to
claim justice for Rastafari in the Jamaican Parliament according to law of the land, or maybe this is
another political façade of the elite.
Those who have suffered are willing able to speak on the matter, although now ripe in age, and being
plagued with life threatening ailments, their memory of the event is like yesterday.
The Government of the day through their Prime Minister made a nationwide decree to “Bring in all
Rastafari dead or alive, if the jail can’t hold them we will dig trenches in Bogue cemetery and bury them.”
Is this justice?
Now this is a clear violation of one’s Fundamental Rights and Freedom that was enshrined in the
Jamaican Constitution Order in Council 1962, Chapter 3,
which reads:
“Whereas, every person in Jamaica is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual,
that is to say, has the right wherever his race, place of origin political opinion, color creed or sex, --to
each and all the following.
(a) Life, liberty, security of the person, the enjoyment of property and the
protection of the law.
(b)Freedom of conscience, of expression and of peaceful assembly and
association.
Who is there to stand up for justice for the many innocent Rastafari who were brutalized by the hands of
police and brainwashed blood thirsty citizens? Some of the so called intellectual Rastafari are making fancy speeches and now planning another stage show to boost their ego, why waste hard earned cash on
pleasure factor? Know that a stage show will have no impact on the present situation, only if the money earned from it will be going towards the employment of consultant and attorneys to pursue the matter.
The fact that there was no accountability from the 2012 stage show; will 2013 be any different with the
same team? No chanters had ever won any struggle for equal rights and justice; know that Coral Gardens
Atrocity is a political one.
There must be a mobilizing force to bring all progressive Rastafari to lobby for reparation from the
Government of Jamaica for the Coral Garden Atrocity of April 1963 , a closure must be brought to this
urgent matter, sooner than later.
From the records of those alive, there are approximately thirty survivors (30) of ‘bad Friday now residing
in Montego bay, five (5) in the parish of Trelawney, four (4) in the parish of Hanover, two (2) in the
parish of Westmoreland, those who have died from Western Jamaica amount to fifty four (54). However
with more in depth research more can be accounted for.
Old people will say not because those who have suffered are now in their twilight years of high seventy
(70), eighty 80 years or more, the young and able should not dish out any old food in the plate or make
claims on the behalf of those who have suffered without proper consultation, that is not Rastafari ways
and it stand against the Nyah Binghi creed.
International Law recognizes that those who commit crimes against humanity must make reparations
such Rastafari have a legal claim, why some who chant Rastafari think that having a party and feel good
at the detriment of others will be accepted in this day and age?
More here: http://rastaites.com/news/hearticals...ralGardens.pdf
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