The Bahamas was guilty of a number of human rights violations in 2004, according to the UnitedStates government.
The US State Department has released its annual human rights report on the Bahamas for 2004, in which it listed reports of police brutality, claims of unlawful killings by officers, allegations of abuse at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre and “harsh” prison conditions.
Government officials were yesterday unavailable for comment on the report, while a local human rights group supported the State Deppartment’s findings, calling human rights in the Bahamas “abysmal”.
Paco Nunez, The Tribune
