BED US Department of' State Case No Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE RELEASE IN FULL PAGE 01 GEORGE 04743 01 OF 07 0212532 ACTION REVIEW AUTHORITY Richard Zorn INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 Sen'OrRev'ewer 624 0212592 I44 0117232 OCT 80 FM AMEIVIBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3699 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 1 OF 7 GEORGETOWN 4743 EC 12065 NA TAGS SHUM GY SUBJ DRAFT REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUYANA REF A STATE 224684 B STATE 213618 C STATE 227807 1 INTRODUCTION A SINCE GUYANA BECAME INDEPENDENT IN 1966 THE NATIONAL CONGRESS PND PARTY LED BY PRIME MINISTER FORBES BURNHAM HAS DOMINATED THE POLITICAL SYSTEM THE PNC DRAWS ITS PRINCIPAL SUPPORT FOR AMONG THE APPROXI- MATELY 40 PERCENT OF GUYANESE OF AFRICAN DESCENT B THE RULING PARTY HAS DECLARED ITSELF A SOCIALIST PARTY OPERATING ON MARXIST-LENINIST PRINCIPLES WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING GUYANA A NON-ALIGNED SOCIALIST COUNTRY PNC DOCTRINE CALLS FOR THE ECONOMY TO HAVE THREE SECTORS STATE COOPERATIVE AND PRIVATE HOWEVER THE GOVERNMENTHAS INCREASINGLY TAKEN OVER MORE OF THE GUYANESE ECONOMY SO THAT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE-OWNED CORPORATIONS NOW ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF TOTAL INVESTMENT THE ECONOMY WHICH HAS AN AMPLE RESOURCE BASE IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON EXPORTS OF BAUXITE SUGAR AND RICE ALL OF WHICH ARE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 04743 01 OF 07 0212532 C GUYANESE OF EAST INDIAN ORIGIN A LITTLE OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION HAVE TRDITIONALLY BACKED THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY HEADED BY FORMER PREMIER CHEDDI JAGAN THE IS AN ORTHODOX MOSCOW-ALIGNED COMMUNIST PARTY BOTH MAJOR RACIAL GROUPS HAVE IN THE PAST SUPPORTED THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTIES MORE FROM ETHNIC LOYALITES THAT FROM POLITICAL CONVICTION BOTH PARTIES HAVE SOUGHT TO EXPLOIT RACIAL ANIMOSITIES FOR POLITICAL BENEFIT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C06511115 Date 03 14 2018 1 CO 65 1 1 llS'lED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 D IN MID-1979 THE WORKING ALLIANCE WPA FOUNDED IN 1974 AND HEADED BYA COLLEGIAL LEADERSHIP FORMALLY CECLARED ITSELF A POLITICAL PARTY THE WPA TOO PROFESSES ITS COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A SOCIALIST GUYANA THE PARTY CLAIMS SOME 10 000 MEMBERS IT HAS DRAWN CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT FROM THE SMALL ACADEMIC COMMUNITYAS WELL AS FROM DISAFFACTED YOUNG URBAN AND RURAL WORKERS IT ALSO DRAWS MODERATE SUPPORT FROM GUYANESE LIVING ABROAD AND FROM THE MINISCULE PROFESSIONAL CLASS IN ADDITION TO THESE PARTIES THERE EXISTS A HANDFUL OF SMALL GENERALLY CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL GROUPONGS E ALL OF HIS OPPONENTS HAVE ACCUSED PRIME MINISTER BURNHAM OF MANIPULATING WESTMINSTER-TYPE POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEM TO ENSURE CONTINUED PNC DOMINATION DESPITE WHAT OPPONENTS ALLEGE IS SHRINKING POPULAR SUPPORT THEY CHARGE THAT NEW CONSTITU- TION WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE PROMULGATED IN OCTOBER 1980 AND WHICH INSTITUTES AN EXECUTIVE PRESIDENCY NATING THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS IN FACT ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS GOAL OF INDEFINITELY RETAINING AND INCREASING HIS PERSONAL POLTICIAL POWER THE OPPOSITION CLAIMS THAT THE NEW CONSTITUTION WILL AT A MINIMUM LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 GEORGE 04743 01 OF 07 0212532 GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION TO ALREADY CONSIDERABLE DE FACTO POWERS THEIR CONCERN IS HEIGHTENED BY WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE SIGNS OF A NASCENT OF AROUND THE PRIME MINISTER THEY CITE THE USE OF THE TITLE AND THE PROMINENT DISPLAY OF LARGE PORTRAITS OF BURNHAM F EVEN THOUGH RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUYANA IN 1980 IS STILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GREATER THAN IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES THE GENERAL GUYANESE HUMAN RIGHTS ENVIRONMENT HAS DETERIORATED IN RECENT YEARS THE WORSENING ECONOMIC SITUATION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROCESS PRIMARILY BY FOSTERING DISCONTENT TO WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOMETIMES RESPONDED WITH REPRESSIVE MEASURES THE OPPOSITION ALSO I CONTIRIBUTES TO THE DETERIORATION BY ESPOUSING BASIC DOCUTRINES WHICH DESPITE LIP SERVICE TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WOULD NOT IMPROVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IF THE TRENDS DESCRIBED IN THE REST OF THIS REPORT CONTINUE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD WILL MOST LIKELY FURTHER WEAKEN 2 RESPECT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERSON INCLUDING FREEDOM FROM A TORTURE THE CURRENT AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED NEW GUYAN ESE CONSTITUTION PROHIBIT TORTURE OPPONENTS OF THE GOVERN- MENT HAVE ALLEGED THAT THE POLICE HAVE SUBJECTED PERSONS ARRESTED DURING ACTIVITIES TO PHYSICAL ABUSE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C06511115 Date 03 14 2018 6 5 1 1 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 SUCH AS KICKING PUNCHING AND BURNING WITH CIGARETTES WHILE SUCH CHARGES MAY BE ACCURATE THERE HAS TO DATE BEEN NON ABSOLUTE CONFIRMATION OF THEM THE GOVERNMENT DENIES SUCH CHARGES B CRUEL INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT B- 1 BOTH CONSTITUTIONS PROHIBIT SUCH TREATMENT OR PUNISH- MENT CRITICS HAVE CHARGED THAT GUYANESE PRISONS FAIL TO MEET ESTABLISHED NORMS BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHARGES OF RACIAL OR OTHER DISCRIMINATION BY PRISON AUTHORITIES LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 04 GEORGE 04743 01 OF 07 0212532 ONE KNOWLEDGEABLE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL HAS SAID THAT INMATES HAVE OCCASIONALLY BEEN SPRAYED WITH CHEMICAL MACE AND BEATEN FOR INFRACTIONS OF PISON RULES PRISONERS ARE USUALLY ALLOWED VISITS BY RELATIVES AND ATTORNEYS OF THEIR-OWN CHOICE ARE OVERCROWDED AND LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 GEORGE 04743 02 OF 07 021254Z ACTION ARA-16 INFO 023 61 2 021307Z 44 0117232 OCT 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3700 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 2 OF 7 GEORGETOWN 4743 CONDITIONS ARE SPARTAN FOR THE ESTIMATED 1100 PRISONERS GIVEN THE TROUBLED ECONOMIC CONDITION THE STATE HAS MADE A SATISFACTORY EFFORT TO PROVIDE PRISONERS WITH AN ADEQUATE DIET AND MEDICAL CARE THE OPPOSITION HAS REPEATEDLY CHARGED THAT ARRESTING OFFICERS HAVE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE AND HAVE REFUSED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS LEGALLY REQUIRED SOME OF THESE ALLEGATIONS APPEAR THE PAST YEAR HAS WITNESSED AN INCREASED USE OF LETHAL FORCE BY POLICE SEVERAL PERSONS INCLUDING TWO MEMBERS OF THE WPA HAVE DIED IN CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE POLICE SOME OF THESE CONFRONTATIONS HAVE BEEN UNDER MYSTERIOUS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No DOC No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 6 5 1 1 1 1 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREAS OTHER APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN QUITE JUSTIFIABLE CASES OF APPROPRIATE FORCE BEING USED AGAINST ARMED CRIMINALS HOWEVER NO PUBLIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THESE POLICE SHOOTINGS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN OFFICIALLY THE DEATH PENALTY REMAINS AS PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMES SUCH AS MURDER AND TREASON BUT THE LAST EXECUTION IN GUYANA TOOK PLACE IN 1968 SIX PERSONS CURRENTLY FACE CHARGES OF TREASON C DISAPPEARANCE C-1 THERE HAS BEEN NO KNOWN INSTANCES OF PERSONS HAVING BEEN ABDUCTED SECRETLY ARRESTED OR HELD IN CLANDESTINE DETENTION BY OFFICAL OR QUASI-OFFICIAL SECURITY FORCES DURING 1980 HOWEVER 1979 WITNESSED LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 04743 02 OF 07 0212542 THE ABDUCTION BY POLICE OF A PROMINET TRADE UNION LEADER DURING THE COURSE OF PICKETING ACTIVITIES HE WAS DRIVEN TO A SMALL MILITARY AIRSTRIP OUTSIDE OF GEORGETOWN AND RELEASED AFTER TWO HOURS THERE ARE CASES OF PERMANETLY OPPONENTS OF THE REGIME - D ARBITRARY ARREST OR IMPRISONMENT D-1 THE CONSITUTION PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON MAY BE DEPRIVED OF PERSONAL LIBERTY EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW THE RIGHT OF HABEUS CORPUS EXISTS AND IS AS A RULE RESPECTED HEVERTHELESS THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE SEEN SEVERAL CASES OF INDIVIDUALS USUALLY SUSPECTED OF LINKS TO THE OPPOSITION DETAINED FOR SHORT PERIODS WITHOUT CHARGE THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT PERMITS DETENTION WITHOUT FORMAL CHARGES FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO THREE MONTHS OF PERSONS DETAINED UNDER THE ACT E DENIAL OF FAIR PUBLIC TRIAL BOTH CONSTITUTIONS GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL BY A COURT OF LAW THE GOVERNMENT HAS RESPECTED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IN CASES DEVOID OF POLITICAL CONTENT THE OFFICE HAS LOST MANYISUCH CASES THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF TRIAL HELD IN CAMERA NOR HAVE SPECIAL COURTS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR MOST DELAYS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS SEEM TO BE DUE MORE TO COURT BACKLOGS RESULTING FROM PERSONNEL AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES THAN TO DELIBERATE DESIGN THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION HAS CHARGED THAT THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO RESPECT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IN CASES INVOLVING SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION IN PARTICULAR THESE CRITICS POINT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT OF 1978 AND THE CRIMIAL LAW ACT OF 1980 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 306511115 Date 03 14 2018 4 0 mm Hg mLmU cm Umumnama 9n m m m 08 20 2-8 5-288 Doc 20 Comm 4 4m Um m ow mgm _u 0m ow 033w om 0m ow m m 5 mm mmO- 2 52m m m_mm 4 0 0m _M_0cm I m _Zomm mm0 Him m0 mm Om Im memzmm 0m 20 Lcamm 20 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ARA-16 INFO OCT-01 023 062057 0214062 I44 0117232 SEP 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3701 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 3 OF 7 GEORGETOWN 4743 GENERALLY LOW WORLD MARKET PRICES FOR THOSE COMMODITIES AND THE GROWING COST OF IMPORTED OIL COUPLED WITH POORLY ADMINISTERED OFFICIAL POLICES INTENDED TO CREATE A SOCIALIST SOCIETY ALONG MARXIST-LENINIST LINES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A DROP IN GUYANESE LIVING STANDARDS GDP PER CAPITA AND DIVIDUAL PURCHASING POWER HAVE STEADILY DECLINED IN REAL TERMS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AB FACED LARGE NEGATIVE LEVEL OF FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES -100 MILLION US DOLLARS AS OF MAY 1980 THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED STRICT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS THESE RESTRICTIONS HAVE NOT ONLY CAUSED MANY POPULAR CONSUMER GOODS TO DISAPPEAR BUT BECAUSE OF SHORTAGES OF SPARE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT HAVE ALSO ADERSELY AFFECTED THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE OFFICIAL PRICE CONTROLS ON SELECTED ITEMS SUCH AS FLOUR COOKING OIL AND SOME AGRICULTURAL ITEMS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SHORTAGES AND A THRIVING BLACK MARKET WITH AN INFLATION RATE ABOVE THE OFFICIALLY REPORTED ANNUAL RATE OF 20 PERCENT C C BECAUSE OF A FAULTY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -ONE ACCORDOING TO THE OPPOSITION AFFECTED BY POLITICAL RURAL PREDOMINANTLY EAST INDIAN AREAS HAVE SUFFERED MORE FROM ANY OF THESE SHORTAGES THAN HAVE THE URBAN LARGELY BLACK AREAS FREQUENT AND ELECTRICAL OUTAGES CAUSED BY EQUIPMENT LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 04743 03 OF 07 0213572 FUNCTIONS OIL SHORTAGES AND PERSONNEL INADEQUACTIES IN THE STATE-OWNED ELECTRIC COMPANY HAVE ADVERSELY AFFECTED PRODUCTION AND THE GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE D THE POOR PERFORMACE OF MOST OF THE STATE-RUN CORPORATIONS HAS FORCED THE GOVERNMENT TO RELY HEAVILY UPON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO CARRY ON WITH AN AMBITIOUS INVESTIMENT PROGRAM AIMED AT DIVERSIFYING THE ECONMY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT RAISING THE HEALTH AND EDUCA- UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 33190 9393 31918 40 OJ 338 SI ONIMNIEICI WOEH saggins EIHJ 30 HOOW ABBA J V SI EEVO EILVFIOECIVNI CINV CIEICIMOEOHEIAO GNV 9080 HAVEIE INOEH J I NO GNV 800d SI EIEIWHSNOO EIHL OJ 338 SI EHVO ONOWV EHV OJ CINV NOIJIHJHN CINV 100 1 HOIH SI ESENVAFIE SWEEIJ NI CINV A8 NOLL EII-IJ OISVEI NI SVH CINV SOOIHEIS GEHEILNROO SVH EIHJ EHJ O L OJ GENEICIO 086I NI EHJ SSEINIHS EISEINVADE OJ SWOS EIAVI-I EIJIXDVEI SHL CINV NVOIHEIWVJSEICIOW HJJNI BGVEJ EIHJ ONCE EII-EJ OJ EINOE SVH ONISOOH SIHJ J VH L CIEIOHVHO SVH HJJNI 2198130 1 0 90 398033 80 EISFI ESQ CIEIJJWI-I EIHJ JEJOHS GEIZICIISEIRS SINGS EHJ OIINONOOE ATIVEEINEIE EIHJ ESHJ NI SSE-ICONS EWOS CIVI-I SVH Ell-U HEAO SNOIJVN 3H L 3333 CINV O L S LI LVH L EIHJ NIVINEIEI EIHFIJJH EVEN EHJ NI OIWONOOEI NV SJJ NEII-LLEDNEIELLS OJ CINV do S VNVAFIE OJ GanI CIEGNELXEI EIVEIA EIAVH EHJ GNV EHJ EIGHJ HIEIHJ OJ CINV SCIOOE NO EHJ CIESIVEI CINV SWEIJJ INOEH SJOEJNOO GEIAOWEIEI SVH EHJ EIHJ NIHJJNI NI HOJOES EHJ HHJ NO CINV AHOLOICIVHJNOO CINV AONEIEIHFIO CINV ONINIVJEO NI SWELLS HMAOEO EIH L SVH EIOJDEIS ONINIVWSE TIVINS EHJ SNIMNVH OIJSEIWOCI 3H L MVEH NI GESVSNEI SVH EIHJ EHJ JVNOIL swam 90 28120 9 ngoo 000 889 91918 JO 'S'n CIEILS 6 5 1 1 1 1 US Department of State Case NO Doc NO 306511115 Date 03 14 2018 STUDENTS IT TOO SUFFERS THE EFFECTS OF SHORTAGES IN MATERIAL AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL THE OVERALL QUALITY OF EUCATION IS DETERIORATING DESPITE A HEAVY TAX BURDEN LITERACY RATES AMONG THE POPULA- TION REMAIN VERY HIGH AND THE GOVERNEMENT SPENDS LARGE SUMS ANNUALLY TO SEND STUDENTS ABROAD FOR TRAINING THE OPPOSITION HAS COMPLAINED THAT THE SELECTION PROCESS IS FREQUENTLY BIASED IN FAVOR OF PNC SUPPORTERS THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN TURN COMPLAINED THAT MANY OF THOSE SENT ABROAD FAIL TO RETURN TO GUYANA LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 04 GEORGE 04743 03 OF 07 0213572 K OPPONENTS OF THE REGIME HAVE CHARGED THAT THE RULING PARTY AND THE GOVERNMENT SEEK TO POLITICIZE THE EDUCATION PROCESS THEY POINT TO SUDDEN TRANSFERS OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND TEACHERS SUSPECTED OF LINKS TO THE OPPOSITION AT LEAST ONE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED MISSAL OF THE HEAD OF A PTA GROUP AND TAKING CHILDREN OUT OF CLASSES TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES HONORING THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PNC THE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE I PAGE 01 GEORGE 04743 04 OF 07 0214222 ACTION 6 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 023 0214242151 0117232 OCT 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRRIORITY 3702 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 4 0F 7 GEORGETWN 4743 ACCUSATIONS APPEAR WELL-FOUNDED L NEVERTHELESS AS OF 1978 ALONG WITH WESTERN SAMOA GUYANA HAD THE HIGHEST PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX SOORE OF THE 38 COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN GUYANA IS RELATIVELY EQUITABLE AS IS THE LAND DISTRIBUTION PATTERN M SELECTEDECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS ALL FIURES UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 6 5 1 US Department Of State Case NO DOC NO 006511 1 15 Date 03 14 2018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No DOC No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 IN US DOLLARS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED 1975 1975 1977 1973 1979 REAL GDP GROWTH PERCENT 5 4 4 7 -5 3 0 2 3 7 GDP PER CAPITA CONSTANT 1977 PRICES 515 523 433 477 453 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PLUS SURPLUS DEFICIT P353 -92 9 -22 0 P200 -48 2 NET INTER- 7 NATIONAL RESERVES 72 4 -21 5 43 0 239 71 2 MINIMUM WAGE US DAY 2 15 2 15 3 29 4 31 4 31 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 04743 04 OF 07 0214222 OFFICIAL IN- FLATION RATE PERCENT 6 0 8 7 10 8 19 5 19 6 POPULATION 788 000 801 000 813 000 824 000 835 000 PERCENTAGE OF CENTRAL GOVT BUDGET DEVOTED TO HEALTH PENDITURES 4 5 3 9 6 6 5 3 40 PERCENTAGE OF CENTRAL GOVT BUDGET DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE EXPENDITURES 9 3 8 6 7 2 8 7 8 7 PERCENTAGE OF CENTRAL GOVT BUDGET DEVOTED TO EDUCATION 8 9 8 9 13 5 13 6 11 8 PERCENTAGE OF CENTRAL GOVT BUDGET DEVOTED THESE AREAS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE BY THE STATE COROPRATIONS IN LESSER AMOUNTS PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX - 84 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 100 THIS INDEX WAS DESIGNED BY THE OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO MEASURE A LEVEL OF PROGRESS IN MEETING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS IT IS THE AVERAGE OF THE INFANT MORTALITY 65 1 1 US Department of State Case NO M-2013-15063 DOC No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 LIFE EXPECTANCY AT AGE ONE AND LITERACY RATES UNFORTUNATELY THE STATISTICS ON WHICH THESE RATES ARE BASED ARE OUT OF DATE THE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 GEORGE 04743 04 OF 07 0214222 INDES HAS PROBABLY DECLINED IN RECENT YEARS LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH - 68 YEARS INFANT MORTAILTY PER 1 000 LIVE BIRTHS 50 PUPULATION PER PHYSICAN 1975 -3270 POPULATION PER HOSPITAL BED 1975 - 190 0 LITERACY RATE 87 PERCENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 1973 - 94 PERCENT SOURCES WORLD BANK ECONOMIC MEMORANDA ON GUYANA JUNE 1980 BANK OF GUYANA ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ESTIMATES OF CURRENT AND CAPTIAL EXPEDITURES - GUYANA GOVERNMENT THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD DEVELOPMENT - AGENDA 1979 OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 4 RESPECT FOR CIVIL AND POLITICAL LIBERTIES INCLUDING OF SPEECH PRESS RELIGION AND ASSEMBLY ALTHOUGH THE CONSTITUTION CLEARLY GUARANTEES FREEDOM OF SPEECH PRESS RELIGION AND ASSEMBLY THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE WITNESSED A SIGNIFICANT CURTAILMENT OF THOSE RIGHTS BY THE GOVERNMENT THE DAILY PRESS AND LOCAL RADIO ARE AND SERVE AS ORGANS OF THE RULING PARTY THE ONLY PRIVATE RADIO STATION WAS PUR- CHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1979 THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED MEDIAT WILL NOT ACCEPT PAID POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMMENTS FROM THE OPPOSITION AND DO NOT CARRY DIRECT CRITICISM OF EITHER THE PRIME MINISTER OR THE PNC THE OPPONENTS ARE LARGELY RESTRICTED TO TWO SMALL WEEKLY PULBICATIONS THE CATHOLIC STANDARD AND THE ORGAN OF THE PRO-MOSCOW PROGRESSIVE PARTY THE MIRROR BOTH PUBLICATIONS APPEAR IN REDUCED FROMAT DUE TO THE CONTINUED REFUSAL TO ALLOW THEM ACCESS TO NEWSPRINT OR THE THE NATIONALIZED PRINTING PRESSES NEVERTHELESS THESE PAPERS ARE FREELY DISTRIBUTED AND CARRY STRONGLY ANTI- GOVERNMENT NEWS STORIES AND EDITIORIALS LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 04 GEORGE 04743 04 OF 07 0214222 WHILE THE GOVERNMENT HAS CLAIMED THAT THE NEWSPRINT PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO THE POOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE POSITION THE OFFICIAL PRESS THE RULING PARTY PRESS SEVERAL ENTERPRISES AND THE GENERALLY GOVERNMENT TRADES UNION CONGRESS TUC ALL HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING NEWSPRINT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No C06511115 Date 03 14 2018 1C 6 5 1 1 US Department of State Case No Doc No 006511115 Date 03 14 2018 DURING THE PAST YEAR THE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO RESTRICT FURTHER THE ACCESS TO OUTSIDE NEWS SOURCES BY ANNONCING THAT AS OF JULY 1 LOCAL STATIONS WOULD NO LONGER CARRY THE BBC WORLD NEWS SERVICE AND THAT THE STATE-OWNED PRESS WOULD CANCEL ITS CONTRACT WITH THE REGIONAL CANA NEWS AGENCY AS OF JANUAYR 1 1981 THE GOVERNMENT QUITE ACCURATELY ACCUSED CANA OF TAKING AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA SLANT AND OF PLOYING WPA SYMPATHIZERS AS CORRESPONDENTS THE BBC SERVICE CONTINUES TO BE USED HOWEVER AS NO ALTERNATIVE HAS AS YET BEEN FOUND SOURCESOF OUTSIDE INFORMATION STILL REMAIN TO GGUYANESE THE CARIBBEAN CONTACT PUBLISHED IN BARBADOS CONTINUES TO BE IMPORTED AND WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND OTHER EX- PENSIVE FOREIGN MAGAZINES APPEAR IN LIMITED NUMBERS THE OFTERN CRITICAL RADIO ANTILLES AND OTHER REGIONAL RADIO STATIONS ALONG WITH VARIOUS SHORTWAVE BRADCASTS ARE HEARD IN GUYANA LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 GEORGE 04743 05 OF 07 0217062 ACTION INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 l023 021 7122 44 0117232 OCT 80 FM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3703 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SECTION 5 OF 7 GEORGETOWN 4743 A-B FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IS GUARANTEED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION THE GOVERNMENT INSISTS THAT POLICE PERMISSION IS REQUIRED FOR LARGE PUBLIC THE OPPOSITION CLAIMS THAT THE LAW DEMANDS ONLY PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE POLICE OF THE INTENT TO HOLD SUCH A GATHERING IN THE PAST THE POLICE UNIDENTIFIED THUGS PRESUMABLY CONNCECTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE OF ISRAEL SECT A GROUP LED BY AN AMERICAN FUGITIVE FROM OHIO 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BELONGS TO SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL BODIES INCLUDING THE UNITED NATIONS AND CARICOM BUT ASSIDE FROM FREQUENT CRITICISM OF APARTHEID IT HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS D INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS WERE PERMITTED TO ATTEND THE TRIAL FOR ARSON OF THREE WPA ACTIVISITS INCLUDING THE LATE WALTER RODNEY WHICH BEGAN IN JUNE 1980 OBSERVERS CAME FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THE BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP THE NATIONAL LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 GEORGE 04743 07 OF 07 0216592 CONFERENCE OF BLACK LAWYERS THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND THE US EMBASSY IN GEORGETOWN ONE OBSERVER FROM A TRINIDADIAN LABOR UNION WAS EXPELLED FROM GUYANA AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A PRO-WPA RALLY ROBERTS LIMITED OFFICIAL USE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2013-15063 Doc No C08511115 Date 03 14 2018 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 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