Claims that the Human Rights Commission violated the constitution and the law it is set up to administer are to come under the scrutiny of the courts. In an upcoming judicial review, the HRC will have to respond to charges that it unlawfully investigated speaker Ayo Kimathi when Harold Conyers complained about his September 2015…...
Kimathi : Speech did not promote ill will or incite violence
Pan African activist Ayo Kimathi insists that a speech in which he called on African people not to embrace “white sex” did not intend to promote ill will against white people. In an affirmation filed in court, Kimathi says that the speech’s purpose was to promote a “black agenda” that “can only be operationalised if…...
Constitutional challenge over stop list, HRC investigation
Ayo Kimathi challenges stop list, discrimination investigation
Activist Ayo Kimathi is challenging the Bermuda Government’s decision to bar him from entering the country and the legality of the Human Rights Commission’s investigation of a complaint against him. Both decisions are unlawful because they violate constitutional protections of freedom of expression, conscience and political opinion, according to his lawyer Eugene Johnston. Yesterday, chief justice Ian…...