Full Coverage: Jamaica

04/02/2008 The Jamaican authorities are wilfully neglecting the poorest communities by failing to tackle inner-city violence, says a new Amnesty report that spotlights abusive policing methods that lead to hundreds of fatal shootings and extrajudicial executions.

04/01/2008 Several trips and countless exchanges with Jamaicans battling HIV/AIDS inspired poet and writer Kwame Dawes to pen these "anthems of hope and alarms of warning."

02/19/2008 A display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica runs at the Docklands Museum until 31 August as part of the museum's recently inaugurated London, Sugar & Slavery gallery.

10/06/2006 Granby Street in Hartford, Connecticut has been renamed Marcus Garvey Way after the late Jamaican-born legendary black leader.

09/21/2006 El Caribe no es una región homogénea en términos de la prevalencia del virus del sida: los rangos van desde 1% en Barbados, Jamaica, República Dominicana y Surinam, a más de 3% en Haití.

06/23/2006 According to a new report released by Amnesty International, weak national legislation and deeply entrenched social and cultural attitudes in Jamaica encourage gender discrimination and violence against women.

05/19/2006 Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) organises symposium in Jamaica on the theme of “ICTs: Facilitating Caribbean Integration”.

04/03/2006 Jamaican Civil society groups are hailing the beginning of Portia Simpson-Miller's term of office--and expecting to play a greater role in attacking the country's social ills.

02/28/2006 Portia Simpson Miller is being called "a firebrand type of politician who has really hit home when it comes to the majority of people--especially women, the poor, and the unemployed."

02/16/2006 Internationally acclaimed Harvard Professor Mr. Calestous Juma will head a panel discussion hosted by the Cabinet Office on the topic 'Going for growth and development through ICT' at the OPM Media Centre commencing at 10:00 a.m. on Friday February 17.

01/12/2006 A JOINT Select Committee of Parliament met yesterday to begin the first review of the two-year-old Access to Information Act.

12/02/2005 Steve Harvey of Jamaica AIDS Support for Life - who ran a programme providing support to gay men and sex workers - has been murdered.

11/07/2005 The Jamaica government is to accede to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women, also known as the Convention of Belem do Para.

06/06/2005 The Government of Jamaica/ Inter American Development Bank (IDB) Information and Communications Technology Project, has made significant impact in enhancing efficiency in personal and corporate transactions through access to modern electronic means, thus reducing transaction costs and increasing the use of technology in the public and private sectors.

05/16/2005 A new report published to coincide with Christian Aid Week offers only grudging approval of the government's change in policy on aid conditionality. Too many developing country programmes are already committed to the doctrine of liberalisation and the UK itself is too committed to the values of the IMF and World Bank.

01/23/2005 There is increasing awareness of the problem of appalling discrimination and violence against gay men and women in Jamaica. Join Amnesty's campaign to put pressure on the authorities in that country.

09/09/2004 Au moins 12 personnes ont trouvé la mort sur l'île de Grenade, qui a été presque entièrement détruite par la violence du cyclone. La Jamaïque était, jeudi 9 septembre, en état d'alerte maximale à l'approche du cyclone Ivan, qui risque de provoquer la pire catastrophe naturelle dans l'île depuis cinquante ans.

06/15/2004 Amnesty International déplore la perte de Brian Williamson, tué le 9 juin 2004, et demande qu'une enquête approfondie soit menée sur cet homicide. La police avait d'abord conclu à un homicide crapuleux, car un coffre-fort aurait disparu des lieux du crime. Amnesty International demande aux autorités responsables de l'enquête d'étudier le mobile de cet homicide en faisant preuve d'ouverture d'esprit.

05/19/2004 On Monday, Jamaica’s Minister of Health signed the agreement for the first grant from the UN Global AIDS Fund. The terms of the grant allow beneficiaries to purchase generic drugs at a reduced cost.

04/29/2004 Amnesty International a demandé des éclaircissements de toute urgence au Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP, équivalent du procureur général) ce mardi 27 avril 2004, après que la presse se soit fait l'écho de déclarations selon lesquelles il aurait menacé de placer sous surveillance et de poursuivre les participants à un débat télévisé traitant d'affaires criminelles en cours.