Vigilante Group

On Caricom day 2006, a number of persons started a peaceful picketing excerise at the 1763 monument, this was later expanded to the Caricom headquarters, Suriname Embassy, United States Embassy. This excerise was to highlight to the authorities and the people that criminal acts were being commited by the United States, Trinidad and Suriname upon the people of Guyana. 

The rendition policy that was developed by the CIA to have persons who the United States deemed as terrorist unlawfully extradited by means of kidnapping and taken to countries where torture is a mere spec in everyday life. The use of the word "rendition" within law to means "handing over", This method of torture was used to extract information from these suspected terrorist and yet still leave the United States blameless if any trace of torture was leaked to the general public. By this I mean they would have declared their innocence to the fact. Many of these acts of rendition were done in the wee hours of the morning where persons were spirited away on planes that moved in the cover of darkness. This policy of Rendition is condemned by the European countries and should be also by member states of Caricom. The United States then came up with what is known as extraordinary rendition as was applied in the case of Roger Khan, where they took him away in the dawning of a new day all because somebody said he conspired to import cocaine into the United States. While extraordinary rendition was originally developed by the CIA, the Justice Department also do renditions. Initially, the procedure was applied primarily to individuals for whom there were outstanding arrest warrants. After the 9/11 attacks the program appears to have been expanded and some believe it now encompasses individuals for whom there are but vague suspicions. In the case of Roger Khan, the indictment against him is so vague that one has to read between the lines to find out what are the charges laid against him. Legal scholar L. Ali Khan, a professor of law at Washburn University School of Law in Kansas, makes the following distinctions between rendition, extradition, and deportation: "More than anything else, the law (or lawlessness) around renditions is most intriguing. Rendered men cannot be lawfully extradited because they have committed no crime in the state to which they are rendered. Sometimes, the friendly government has no clue about the identity or activities of the person before he is rendered. Sometimes, the rendered man is not even a national of the receiving state. Hence the contrast between extradition and rendition is vivid. Extradition is an open procedure under which a fugitive is lawfully sent to a requesting state where he has committed a serious crime. Rendition is a covert operation under which even an innocent person may be forcibly transferred to a state where he has committed no crime. It is like a bully dispatching a helpless prey to another bully in another town." They violated his every right by venturing into this area, a court hearing was to be heard the Friday and the Suriname authorities no doubt failed and blatantly assisted the United States in carrying out this act that violated this mans rights in every sense. Everyone should have his say when it comes to the law of the land. The law says we as individuals have a right to challenge anything that is set before us and Roger Khan never had his day in this regard. Are we as Guyanese and Caricom nationals going to allow the United States who are the real terrorist the opportunity of kidnapping our citizens. Time and time again they go into other countries and leave nothing but death and destruction when they leave and then they have the balls to tell you that they’re trying to make the world a safer place. A safer place for who? For America is the answer. It is time the leaders of Caricom open their mouths and let the United States know that they can’t go about bullying the world over. Is the green dollar going to be the object that we are going to worship all the days of our lives. It is time that we turn to other developed nations for the support that we so badly need and forget about the free money the United States is offering at a price tag that is later affixed. Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago will no doubt benefit sometime at the expense of the kidnapping of Roger Khan. These countries will be lauded with praise and aid because they turned over Roger Khan because the United States said he conspired to traffic in narcotics. Shame on you Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, you should have let due process run it’s course. Are you really members of Caricom or are you watch dogs for the United States. Wake up Guyana, smell the stench, we are already treated like dogs in some Caricom states. What more proof is needed for us to see who our true friends are. As we strive to become one in the Caribbean, we will see that members from our own household are the true enemies of the people. Today the picketing excerise was staged at Caricom headquarters. The pickets were as follows;- 

1. Roger Khan victim of extraordianry rendition.

2. Caricom must condemn renditions. Caricom must condemn Suriname's  action. 

3. CSME- cash strapped multinational economy sold Roger Khan.

4. CARICOM--- Covertly Allowing Renditions Involving Citizens of Member states.

5. Free Rodrigues Belfield Roberts. 

6. Caricom where is your voice renditions are unlawful Amoung the picketers were family members of the 3 men who are still in the suriname jails, it was visible that some of them were emotional and some wanted to know if the Guyana government had revoked the nationality of the 3 men who are born Guyanese. They felt that the Government should be assisting to find out what is the situation concerning the men. To date Caricom nor the president of Guyana has made any statements at to the extraordinary rendition that was used to take Roger Khan to the United States.