Fred Smith
NASSAU, Bahamas – Human rights group Rights Bahamas is planning to take its shanty town case to the International community, attorney Fred Smith, QC, told the Tribune on Friday.
Speaking outside the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Justice Stephen Isaacs, Mr Smith described the government’s actions against the shanty towns as an attempt to “ethnically cleanse” the country of these villages.
On August 5, the Supreme Court ordered the government and utility providers to halt any planned service disconnections or evictions in shanty towns pending a judicial review of the Minnis administration’s policy to eradicate those communities.
Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson granted the interlocutory injunction blocking evictions and service disconnections just days ahead of the government’s August 10 deadline during a telephone conference with human rights attorney Fred Smith, QC, and Attorney General Carl Bethel on Saturday. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/aug/10/rights-bahamas-plans-take-shanty-town-case-interna/
