CARICOM Requested to Intervene in Mehul Choksi Kidnapping Case

CARICOM Requested to Intervene in Mehul Choksi Kidnapping Case 

JUSTICE ABROAD

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Press Statement

Justice Abroad’s Director and London-based international barrister Michael Polak is acting for Mr Mehul Choksi as part of his legal team.  

This case, where Mr Choksi, an Antiguan citizen, was lured to a Villa in Antigua, then attacked and beaten, bound and gagged, tied to a wheelchair, then transported out to sea and onwards to Dominica is a clear breach of the rule of law and a big test for the political bodies of the Caribbean Community.

A request for a meeting with Secretary-General of CARICOM, H.E Mr. Irwin Larocque and a public statement from the regional organisation has been made.

Given that one of CARICOM’s missions is to ‘create a community … where every citizen is secure and has the opportunity to realise his or her potential with guaranteed human rights and social justice’ the organisation has respectfully been called upon to speak out and take action in regard to these very worrying events which have drawn the world’s attention to the region.

Further information about this case can be found in the news release here

London Barrister and Director of Justice Abroad Michael Polak has stated the following:

The kidnapping and rendition of Mr Choksi from Antigua to Dominica has drawn the world’s attention to the CARICOM region and we have yet to hear anything from this organisation on this tawdry affair and gross breach of an individual’s human rights.

The Secretary-General has been respectfully requested to speak out on this issue and a failure to do may reflect badly upon the CARICOM region as somewhere where the rule of law and due process applies.

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