Jamaica: Further information on Arbitrary arrests/torture and ill-treatment/ legal concern, Davian Williams

Index Number: AMR 38/009/2002
Date Published: 18 March 2002
Categories: Americas, Jamaica

Amnesty International has just received confirmation that Davian Williams was released from custody at the Gun Court Remand Centre, in the capital Kingston, on 4 August 2001. Lawyers acting for the Public Defender are understood to be pursuing a civil action in connection with the detention and alleged ill-treatment of nineteen men, including Davian Williams, arrested on 7 July 2001 following a joint police and army operation in Board Villa, Denham Town.