Scores of Venezuelan nationals were deported yesterday despite pleas from relatives for the State to keep them in this country. From as early as 7 a.m. there was a gathering outside of the Venezuelan Embassy along Victoria Avenue in Port of Spain, as several migrants and caregivers had been given official instructions to bring the…
Venezuelan migrants arrested during a police exercise in St James on July 9 were spared deportation because of an issue with paperwork, Quantum Legal attorney Blaine Sobrian said in a phone interview on Friday. In a press conference on Wednesday, Sobrian and Quantum Legal’s founder CJ Williams said over 100 Venezuelans which included five of…
ATTORNEYS for Venezuelan activist Yesenia Gonzalez have written to the Commissioner of Police for details on a purported raid at her Mt Lambert home on January 4. On January 9, attorneys Criston J Williams and Teriq Smith wrote to Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher asking for confirmation that the raid on Gonzalez’s home was carried out by…
ATTORNEYS for the families of 12 Trinidadian women and their children detained in a refugee camp in northern Syria want a meeting with the Attorney General and key government ministers to address their repatriation. In a letter to Laura Persad, of the Chief State Solicitor’s Department, the families’ attorneys from the firm Quantum Legal, reminded…
Two minor children who were previously held in an orphanage in northeast Syria have lawfully arrived in Trinidad and Tobago, according to a statement issued by attorney Criston J. Williams of Quantum Legal. Their arrival was facilitated under a guardianship order issued by the High Court of England and Wales, with the Government of Trinidad…
Immigration/human rights attorney Nafeesa Mohammed and human rights/criminal attorney Criston J Williams say they are not surprised by contents of the latest US State Department’s Human Rights Practices Report on T&T. While Williams blames bad legal advice as the root cause for the many shortcomings raised in the report, Mohammed says it is time for…
CRISTON J WILLIAMS, attorney for Venezuelans held at a St James bar on Sunday in a raid by police, army and immigration officers, told Newsday on Wednesday evening that 78 people had been released, but over 100 people remained detained. They were reportedly detained over questions of their entry and legal status to be in…
MURDER accused Rajaee Ali has been permitted to challenge the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) failure to file an indictment for him to face trial for the murder of former independent senator and special prosecutor Dana Seetahal, SC. Justice Carol Gobin granted Ali’s application on March 14. Ali’s application said, “To date, no indictment has…
A Tunapuna man supposedly detained under emergency powers regulations 2024, which govern the state of emergency (SoE), is still walking freely. However, Deshon Ruben, 24, is now concerned about his safety as he has been labelled a Resistance Gang member. On February 7, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds issued a detention order for Ruben. The…
A High Court judge has approved an order for the state to grant immediate virtual access to inmate Earl Richards and physical access within 72 hours. Richards, a remanded prisoner who was moved from the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca under emergency powers, filed for judicial review. His attorneys argue the transfer breached his constitutional…
