Mr Nigel Hughes’s submission at Geneva Meeting

Dear Editor,
Permit me to express my disappointment with the learned attorney of Guyana’s submission at the IDPADA meeting, on April 16-17, 2024.
During his submission, he extracted part of a statement from the UNHCR report about discrimination in Guyana and sought to substantiate his arguments about discrimination of Afro-Guyanese.
Fortunately, the Hon Minister of Tourism, Ms Walrond, who is also an Attorney, was present and confirmed that Mr Hughes’s reference did not apply to Afro-Guyanese. That this statement of the UN was made in relation to the LGBTQ Community. This situation does not augur well for the legal fraternity in Guyana and exposes the dishonesty of some members of the legal profession and, by extension, is an embarrassment to the Guyana Bar.
Strange that there is a deafening silence in the media on this issue. It, therefore, leaves me to wonder if this is his conduct when he appears before the Judiciary in Guyana and how it is dealt with by the Judiciary. I can only imagine how much some of them have perfected this practice of misinterpreting, and misconstruing and it is passed for “law” by our Judiciary.
Once again, sincere thanks to Minister Walrond for providing this clarification.
May the Almighty help this legal profession in Guyana.

Regards,
Name withheld