Prisoners are fed up; situation is tense
WILLEMSTAD – Guards at the SDKK prison in Curaçao used tear gas early this week to get detainees back into their cell again. About 35 prisoners rebelled because there was no food. They also complained about a More...
Tear gas in SDKK
WILLEMSTAD - Tensions in the SDKK prison. In a short film, prisoners demand a meeting with the Minister of Justice about food, the lack of medication and the lack of timely medical care. On Monday, the guards had More...
Open letter to Ministers of Justice of St. Maarten and Curaçao, Cornelius de Weever and Quincy Girigorie
Dear Minister De Weever, We are writing this letter to thank you for giving us a chance to rehabilitate and to help us with our job here in Curaçao, at the same time. Some of us were lucky enough to try and gain More...
Girigorie: Opposition wants to capitalize on drug robbery
WILLEMSTAD - The opposition is trying to gain political capital from the drug robbery from the Rio Canario police station. This is according to the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie. It was about 500 kilos of More...
Girigorie: Violation of human rights more in neighboring countries than in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie disputes that the illegal immigration problem in Curaçao is more complex than on Aruba. During his recent visit to our neighboring island, he and his Aruban More...
Minister of Justice: ‘Curaçao will no longer separate children from their parents’
WILLEMSTAD - Temporary relief will be provided for women with children who are being deported. This is according to the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie during his turn in parliament. There was a lot of criticism More...
10% of the population is Venezuelan
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie indicated during a debate in parliament that 26,000 Venezuelans live in Curaçao. Almost 10,000 of them have a residence permit and are legally on the island. 16,000 More...
Minister of Justice: “Curaçao does not violate human rights”
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao has since 2012 sheltered almost 8000 Venezuelans who have been eligible for a residence permit. That is 5% of the total population of the island. In addition, it appears (in anticipation of More...
Minister of Justice: Curaçao cannot solve Venezuela’s problems
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - In a reaction, the Minister of Justice, Quincy Girigorie, admits that civil servants in the judicial chain are not sufficiently aware of the legal rules and therefore make mistakes. But according More...
Minister of Justice: “Human Rights Watch report makes no sense”
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Justice Quincey Girigorie says that the conclusions of Human Rights Watch about the Venezuelan refugee flow to Curacao do not make sense. The human rights organization wrote in a report More...
