Dr. David Hinds’ Statement on the murder of Political Activist Courtney Crum Ewing

March 11, 2015

 

Let us not be drawn into any form of ethnic revenge or tit for tat.

Tonight Guyana has crossed yet another dangerous line. A mere 48 hours after a former Head of Government and State publicly suggested to his successor that governance in Guyana should include “kicking some asses,” an activist known for his anti-government protest was shot dead while walking the streets of his community urging his fellow citizens to come out and vote in the upcoming elections. The barefaced murder of Courtney Crum-Ewing must now alert us that Guyana has become a semi-fascist state where protest by ordinary citizens is punishable by summary execution.