CURB praises Govt’s ‘prompt’ change to Act
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) has joined the Centre for Justice in endorsing Government’s “prompt response” to their call for changes to the Human Rights Act.The advocacy groups pointed out that one of the clauses in the new Bill would allow police harassment. But CURB has repeated the call for Subsection (3) to be removed from Section 6C to be removed.A spokesperson said: “We support the legislation going forward for debate in the House of Assembly without Subsection (3) of Section 6C of the Human Rights Amendment Act.“We trust that Section 6C will be included later after review, without subsection (3) for Stop and Search without probable cause, as we also believe this Section is unconstitutional and results in discrimination and racial profiling.”The spokesperson concluded with a quote from the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr who said: “The time is always right to do what is right.”