Guyanese court issues summons for US-based political activist

New York-based Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke has been served with a court summons that requires him to appear before an East Coast Demerara magistrate next year.
Burke, who is the President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) and a critic of the present government, was served with a “defendant summons” by ASP Rodwell Sarabo of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and US process server Mark Wesserman at his home in Brooklyn, New York on December 16.
In a press statement yesterday, GPF said Burke has to appear in the Vigilance Magistrate’s court on March 28th, 2024.
Burke has been charged with a series of crimes, including incitement of hostility or ill-will on the grounds of race, sedition, inciting public terror and seditious libel.
Two wanted bulletins were issued for Burke on December 3, 2021, and September 29th, 2022.
Police filed charges against him on August 28th, 2023.
Meanwhile, Burke has filed a complaint with police in New York.
In a Facebook livestream last evening, he alleged “two men armed with firearms” rushed into his home and attempted to “push a piece of paper” into his face as he was leaving to go to church.
Burke claimed he saw Sarabo and Wesserman digging through his mail.
He said no document was served, but he found it on the stairs leading to his home.
Burke accused the government and GPF of attempting to abuse the court by filing malicious cases against him.

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