After being detained by immigration authorities for more than three months, the whereabouts of a Bahamian-born man, Jean Rony Jean-Charles, are unknown and his lawyer has been denied access to the detention centre where he was being held.

Jean Marie Justilien, a Haitian national, was shot in the back of the neck during an immigration raid in June 2015, and detained and charged with illegal entry into the Bahamas. On 2 December he was found not guilty, but was transferred to Carmichael Road Immigration Detention Centre where he...

Jean Marie Justilien, a Haitian national, was shot in the back of the neck during an immigration raid in June 2015, and detained and charged with illegal entry into the Bahamas. On 2 December he was found not guilty, but was transferred to Carmichael Road Immigration Detention Centre where he...

A number of recent media reports in the Bahamas have indicated that people being held at the country’s immigration detention centre are being ill-treated. Amnesty International is concerned for their safety.

Emmanuel McKenzie is Chairman of the Millar’s Creek Preservation Group which held a fundraising event on April 19 2008. He and his organization have been targeted by the Bahamian security forces who have also accused him of illegal activities in an attempt to discredit him. Amnesty International...

On 6 October, Alutus Newbold, aged 34, was reportedly sentenced to four strokes of the rod, and 24 years’ imprisonment. Amnesty International believes that the use of corporal punishment constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

Haitian and Cuban detainees, including children, are reportedly being beaten and tortured by soldiers at the Carmichael detention centre in The Bahamas.

An estimated 130 Haitian nationals, some of whom are understood to be seeking political asylum, are at risk of being forcibly returned to Haiti, without any examination of their asylum claims. Amnesty international has longstanding concerns about human rights violations in Haiti, and fears their...

Haitian asylum seekers are being forcibly returned from the Bahamas, without any examination of their claims for asylum. Amnesty International has longstanding concerns about human rights violations in Haiti, and fears their lives may be in danger if they are returned.

Amnesty International deeply regrets that David Mitchell was executed as scheduled on 6 January 2000 despite appeals from many sources, including the victims’ son. John Higgs succeeded in taking his own life on 4 January 2000. It has been reported that he slit his wrists while under suicide watch.

John Higgs and David Mitchell are scheduled to be hanged on 6 January 2000 at 6:30am. The appeals process for both men is now exhausted.

On 14 December 1999 the Bahamas’ highest court of appeal, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), dismissed constitutional motions filed by John Higgs and David Mitchell. Both men are now at imminent risk of execution.