More than a year after the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) urged the Government of Guyana to establish a Commission of Inquiry into extrajudicial killings between 2002 and 2006, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration has failed to act.
At its March 2024 review of Guyana’s compliance with the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UNHRC expressed concern over “reports that extrajudicial killings continue to be carried out in the State party, including by the police force.”
In 2025 alone, there have been at least four known cases of police killings:
Ronaldo Peters (23): Shot during a police attempt to detain him in Linden.
Keon “Dan” Fogenay (32): Shot and killed during protests in Linden.
Frederick Williams: Shot by police during a confrontation in Mahaicony.
Roger Erwin Pierre: Fatally shot by police in the same January incident.
Under Guyana’s law, the Coroner’s Act requires an investigation into every death caused by law enforcement.
The UNHRC noted with alarm that alleged extrajudicial killings from 2002 to 2006 “have not been adequately investigated and prosecuted, and the perpetrators were not duly sanctioned.” Despite the government’s stated plan in 2018 to establish a Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the killings, “no substantive progress has been made,” the Committee said.
It called on Guyana to ensure that allegations of extrajudicial killings are “promptly, impartially, transparently, and thoroughly investigated; that perpetrators are prosecuted, and, if convicted, penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crimes are handed down; and that full reparation is provided to victims’ families.”
The UN body stressed that the Government of Guyana “should, as a priority, establish the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged extrajudicial killings during the period between 2002 and 2006,” and take “all necessary measures to prevent such extrajudicial killings in the future.” These killings occurred during the Bharrat Jagdeo presidency.
More than a year after that call—and five years into an oil boom that has left the country “awash in cash”—President Irfaan Ali’s administration has still not acted. Critics say this shows not a question of affordability, but “disregard for the UNHRC, human rights, the right to life, and the people of Guyana.”
Some reports estimate the list of victims from past years numbers in the thousands. The Guyana Human Rights Association’s report Ambivalent about Violence: A Report on Fatal Shootings by the Police, 1980–2001 documented 239 killings over 21 years up to the February 2000 jailbreak at the Camp Street Prison.
In addition to the four confirmed in 2025, this publication has included the names of some persons killed extrajudicially and executed in various crimes, and urges the public to help ensure all victims are accounted for.
Unsolved murders and extrajudicial executions:
1. Unidentified Person 8 March 1993
2. Marlon Benn April 1993
3. Monica Reece 9 April 1993(Good Friday)
4. “Tourist” 1993
5. Delroy Campbell 10 April 1993
6. Escaped Prisoner 5 July 1993
7. Clebert Sampson 27 July 1993
8. Shawn Weeks 29 July 1993
9. Kwame George 30 July 1993
10. Trevor Kelvin July 1993
11. Rambauth “Ricky” Samaroo 5 September 1993
12. Joseph “Dingoo” Persaud 5 September 1993
13. Shawn Reynolds 6 July 1994
14. Brian Ramroach 2 August 1994
15. Trevor Brooks 14 September 1994
16. H. Kissoon 16 September 1994
17. Leroy Cort 12 January 1995
18. Gary Stanford April 1995
19. Mark Alexander 12 May 1995
20. Shawn Williams 28 May 1995
21. Wayne Bancroft 1 June 1995 57
22. Ewart Easton 16 June 1995
23. Arjune Khemraj 19 June 1995
24. Orin Garraway 24 July 1995
25. Anthony Joseph August 1995
26. Orin Tappin 9 August 1995
27. Randolph Bizzette 2 November 1995
28. Raymond Trute December 1995
29. Marlon Black 2 February 1996
30. Rolston Mars 20 February 1996
31. Frederick Da Silva 27 February 1996
32. Jermaine Wilkinson 22 May 1996
33. Tony Nurse 9 June 1996
34. Winston Pollydore 28 June 1996
35. Clement Lenny Edwards 10 July 1996
36. Rodway Lewis 17 August 1996
37. L/Cpl. Ulric Lynch 1 September 1996
38. Frankie Figueria 7 September 1996
39. Irad Joseph 10 September 1996
40. Unidentified Man 16 September 1996
41. Chris Allen 17 September 1996
42. Shawn Austin 4 October 1996
43. Shawn Hodge 4 October 1996
44. Wilfred Smith 10 October 1996
45. Mark Robert Smith 1 November 1996
46. Hartnell Ross 21 November 1996
47. Oliver Culpepper 22 November 1996
48. Sherman Harry 22 November 1996
49. Winston Hescott 23 November 1996
50. Sheldon Campbell 4 December 1996
51. Garfield Christopher 12 December 1996
52. Carl Fields 2 January 1997
53. Garth 3 January 1997
54. Brindley Davis 27 January 1997
55. Allan Hoppi 31 January 1997
56 Kwame Savory 15 March 1997
57. Godfrey Edwards 12 April 1997
58. Lennox 24 April 1997
59. Tommy Rodrigues 4 May 1997
60. Eustace James 4 May 1997
61. Allan Clarke 4 May 1997
62. Kwesi Odinga Haynes 4 May 1997
63. Eric Layne 4 May 1997
64. Junior Holder 4 May 1997
65. Andrew Braithwaite 12 May 1997
66. Davidson 20 May 1997
67. Unidentified Person 20 May 1997
68. Anthony Perkins 17 June 1997
69. Puneshwar 27 June 1997
70. Nigel Browne 17 June 1997
71. Andrew Smith 23 July 1997
72. “Gussy” 18 July 1997
73. Shaun Baptiste 2 August 1997
74. Sean Williams 3 August 1997
74. Adam Hescott 3 August 1997
75. Seon Harvey 19 August 1997
76. Bonitus Mark Winter 22 August 1997
77. Julian Bremmer 24 September 1997
78. Otis Simon 3 October 1997
79. Roy McCurdy 11 November 1997
80/81 Two Unidentified Persons 13 January 1998
82. Shawn Walcott 6 February 1998
83. Orson Emmanuel Benn 3 March 1998
84. David Kennedy 9 March 1998
85. Sean Brooks 31 March 1998
86. Selwyn Andrews 18 April 1998
87. Selwyn King 4 May 1998
88. Clarence Williams 10 June 1998
89. Victor Bourne 30 June 1998
90. Shaun Hope 2 July 1998
91. Orlando Arthur 14 July 1998
92. Shaun Mohammed 25 July 1998
93. Lennox Lewis 3 October 1998
94. Sebron Stanuel 5 October 1998
95. Samuel Samuels 8 October 1998
96. Patricia James Henry 14 October 1998
97. Basil Narine 22 October 1998
98. George Jeffers 29 October 1998
99. George Hutton 14 November 1998
100. Owen McFarlane 15 December 1998
101. Roger Bristol 27 December 1998
102. Candace Wilson (Pregnant wife of Roger Bristol) 27 December 1998
103. Montouth King 27 December 1998
104. Gregory Peck 28 December 1998
105. Calvin Nero 13 February 1999
106. Kenneth Andrews 15 February 1999
107. Rickford Williams 18 February 1999
108. Wayne Richards 21 March 1999
109. Unidentified Rastafarian 23 March 1999
110. Roy D’Andrade 16 April 1999
111. Roy Scott 11 June 1999
112. Marlon Paul 14 August 1999
113. Richard Baptiste 29 August 1999
114. Terry Madhoo 22 September 1999
115. Sudei Lesedi Roberts 6 October 1999
116. Fazal Narine 22 October 1999 61
117. Colin McGregor 14 November 1999
118. Dexter Randolph 7 January 2000
119. Cecil Albert McDonald 19 January 2000
120. Shawn Nedd 7 February 2000
121. Rhonda Forde 8 February 2000
122. Linden “Blackie” London 8 February 2000
123. Hilton Rodrigues 18 March 2000
124. Granville Gilkes May 2000
125. Ramdeo Rampersaud 21 June 2000
126. Orvin Daniels 11 July 2000
127. Mark Albert 27 July 2000
128. Compton Amsterdam 27 July 2000
129. Trevor Crossman 18 August 2000
130. Mohammed Shafeek aka “Fatty” 3 September 2000
131. Martin Assanah 13 October 2000
132. Oscar “Bobby” Daniels 20 November 2000
133. Donna Mc KinnonLot 3 Tucville, Squatting Area 9 April 2001
136. Anthony Brumesh May 2001
137. Junior Stanton 11 May 2001
138. Tyrone Forde 11 May 2001
139. Devon Gonsalves 13 May 2001
140. Ian Warde May 2001
141. Mohammed Shamshudeen Hanniff 5 June 2001
142. Colin Cumberbatch 11 June 2001 62
143. Sean Hope 11 June 2001
144. Calvin LeYounge 20 June 2001
145. Steve Grant 26 July 2001
146. John Bruce 26 July 2001
147. Antoine Houston 26 July 2001
148. Azad Bacchus 13 August 2001
149. Shazaad Bacchus 13 August 2001
150. Fadil Ally 13 August 2001
151. Steven Angel 17 August 2001
152. Saif Ghandi 17 August 2001
153. Asha 17 August 2001
154. Dwayne Pearson 15 September 2001
155. Allister Bowman 21 September 2001
156. Sonia Jerrick 23 October 2001
157. Toyin Anderson 22 December 2001
158. Brian King 1 January 2002
159. Troy Williams(Prison Officer)23 February 2003
160. Paul Hardeo(Berbice businessman)16 March 2002
161. Shaka Blair 6 April 2002
162. Errol “Taps” Butcher 10 March 2002
163. Leon Fraser(Police Superintendent)2 April 2002
164. Gavin Sobers 13 April 2002
165. Harry Kooseram(Policeman)15 April 2002
166. Selwyn Shepherd 20 April 2002
167. Wesley Hendriks aka “Little Mate” May 2002
168. Chetram Etwaroo May 2002
169. Mark Anthony Sancho(US based Guyanese) 6 May 2002
170. Ramdeo Persaud Annandale, E.C.D.11 May 2002
171. Sita Persaud Annandale, E.C.D.11 May 2002
172. Chaitram Etwaru(Security Guard)16 May 2002
173. Sherwin Alleyne(Policeman)25 May 2002
174. Andy Atwell (Policeman)30 May 2002
175. Compton Cambridge 6 June 2002
176. Ramnauth Persaud(Cashier/Accountant)1 June 2002
177. Monica Rodrigues(Businesswoman) of B.V.8 June 2002
178. Claudette Ng-See-Quan(Businesswoman)13 June 2002
179. Rawle Thomas (Police Officer)14 June 2002
180. Mohamed Kayan Baksh (Former Sugar Worker) 27 June 2002
181. Fife aka “Rasta” 3 July 2002
182. Roy A. Crawford 3 July 2002
183. Carlyle Wickham(Security Guard)9 July 2002
184. Adrian London(Police Detective)11 July 2002
185. Oyama Kyte (Butcher)(“Taps” son)15 July 2002
186. Ramphal Pardat(Police Constable)21 July 2002
187. Balram Khandhi 21 July 2002
188. Outar Kissoon(Policeman)21 July 2002
189. Mohan Latchman 21 July 2002190 Leroy Lowe(Taxi Driver)25 July 2002
191. Kwame Pindleton(Wanted man)25 July 2002
192. Quincy McDonald aka “Cayenne” 6 August 2002
193 Fung-A-Fat(Dentist)22 August 2002
194 Vibert Inniss(CAU Former Deputy Head)24 August 2002
195 Andrew Douglas(Prison Escapee)25 August 2002
196 Feroze Bashir(Policeman)27 August 2002
197 Unnamed Man 28 August 2002
198 Michael Allen 31 August 2002
199 Gavin Naraine September 2002
200 Leyland October(Police Inspector)6 September 2002
201 Ryan Richards 8 September 2002
202 Delon Accra 9 September 2002
203 Emmanuel Wright 10 September 2002
204 Junior Liverpool 10 September 2002
205 Johniel Wilson(Taxi Driver)12 September 2002
206/207 Two Unnamed Persons 19 September 2002
208 Dellon Gomes(Teenager)25 September 2002
209 Joy Arjune 25 September 2002
210 Lloyd Singh 25 September 2002
211 Gavin Naraine 25 September 2002
212 Fazeer Baksh 25 September 2002
213 Unnamed Gunman 26 September 2002
214/215 Two Unnamed Persons 27 September 2002
216 Unnamed Taxi Driver 30 September 2002
217 Tony Evans aka “Buns Eye” 31 August 2002
218 Joel Duncan 1 October 2002
219 Ina Croal Vermeeren 6 October 2002
220 Shawn Welcome(Wanted man)11 October 2002
221 Gladwin Fecker 16 October 2002
222 Orin Shultz 16 October 2002
223 Unnamed Mini Bus passenger 16 October 2002
224 Claudius Sam 18 October 2002
225 Unnamed man 24 October 2002
226 Camaldeo Ganesh 27 October 2002
227 Mark Fraser(Prison Escapee)28 October 2002
228 Dale Moore(Prison Escapee)28 October 2002
229 Franklyn Solomon(Ex-Cop)28 October 2002
230 Unidentified man 28 October 2002
231 Melroy Goodman 29 October 2002
232 Unnamed person 29 October 2002
233 Motilall(Farmer)30 October 2002
234 Randolph Chapman November 2002
235 Brandon James November 2002
236-240 Five Unnamed persons 4 November 2002(Diwali Night)
241 Unnamed person(would-be bandit)4 November 2002
242 Dorothy Williams 5 November 2002
243 Adrian Green 5 November 2002
244 Joel Evans-Bagotstown, E.B.D. 11 November 2002
245 Randolph Chapman 12 November 2002
246 Unnamed Person 12 November 2002
247 Premkumar Sukraj aka “Inspector Gadget”14 November 2002
248 Mark Rutherford 17 November 2002
249 Unnamed Person 23 November 2002
250 Brandon James 28 November 2002
251/252 Two Unnamed Persons 29 November 2002
253 Quincy James(Traffic Policeman)3 December 2002
254 Sheik Tufail 15 December 2002
255 Phillip Reynolds 15 December 2002
256 Winston Richards 15 December 2002
257 Marlon Joseph 19 December 2002
258 Colin Robertson December 2002
259 Roy Chan 2003
260 Ralph Bassoo January 2003
261 Deon Joe Joseph January 2003
262 Carlton Norton January 2003
263 Leonard Parjohn January 2003
264 Mark Yaw January 2003
265 Brian Hamilton March 2003
266 Yohance Douglas 4 March 2003
267 Christopher Belle April 2003
268 Jerry Eustace Bobb May 2003
269 Richard Bobb May 2003
270 Anil Baijnauth May 2003
271 Shempton Dodson May 2003
272 Mark Phillips May 2003
273 Clyde Watson June 2003
274 Terrence Archer June 2003
275 Romel Reman 2 June 2003
276 Delon George(Shawn Browne’s brother-in-law)5 June 2003
277 Shawn Browne(Prison Escapee)5 June 2003
278 Michael Clarke 25 June 2003
279 Troy Dexter Lewis 16 July 2003
280 Wayne Norville 27 July 2003
281 Edward Bruce August 2003
282 Sherwin Manohar August 2003
283 Clive Trim August 2003
284 Mukesh Boodhoo September 2003
285 Raymond Panday September 2003
286 Oliver Barton September 2003
287 Ossafa Knight September 2003
288 Andre Williams aka “DouglaAndre”2 September 2003
289 Eion Forte 6 September 2003
290 Ronald Garnett 17 September 2003
291 Clive McLean 19 September 2003
292 Clive Savory 19 September 2003
293 Philip Sergent 24 October 2003
294 Andre Ettiena 24 October 2003
295 Dexter Henry November 2003
296 Troy Francis Hinds 1 November 2003
297 Shawn Skeete 2 November 2003
298 Trevor Jarvis 17 November 2003
299 Mark Cato 17 November 2003
300 Michael Dublin 17 November 2003
301 Ryan Lyken-Kingston 3674 North Ruimveldt 19 November 2003
302 Kwesi Fitzgerald Williams 23 November 2003
303 Trevor Manson-Hing 23 November 2003
304 Rodwell Ogle(Food Vendor)23 November 2003
305 Patrick Gunraj December 2003
306 Axell Williams(Death Squad Leader)10 December 2003
307 Shafeek (Lloyd) Bacchus(Brother of George Bacchus) 8 January 2004
308 Mervin Archeraka Skittle, February 2004
309 Mark Thomas aka “Kerzorkee” 1 February 2004
310 Mohamed Hassan Ibrahimi(Iranian Cleric)2 April 2004
311 Gopaul Chowtie aka GewanChowtie 5 April 2004
312 Majeed Ghanie(cane harvester)Corriverton 14 April 2004
313 Malika Archer(sister of Mervin Archer) 4 May 2004
314 Raymond Major 25 May 2004
315 George Bacchus 24 June 2004
316 Stacy Lynch July 2004
317 Delroy Whyte July 2004
318 Clive Welch 11 July 2004
319 Anthony Parsram August 2004
320 Omani Savory August 2004
321 Ramesh Sewsankar August 2004
322 Nigel Amsterdam August 2004
323 Gawayne Todd December 2004
324 Trevor Fung December 2004
325 Candacie DeSouza December 2004
326 Jerome Dolphin December 2004
327 Simeon Hope January 2005
328 Donald Mars April 2005
329 Dave Blair (Brother of Shaka Blair) 16 April 2005
330 Donovan Hailes Princess Street, Lodge 24 April 2005
331 Gary Persaud May 2005
332 Martin Conelly June 2005
333 Dexter Cummings June 2005
334 Germaine Garraway June 2005
335 Troy Gomes June 2005
336 Gilford Henry June 2005
337 David Barrow aka “Gurple” June 2005
338 Shamika Boyce aka “Girlie” June 2005
339 Paul Persaud aka “Yankee” (Deportee) June 2005
340 Brentnol Figueria 10 June 2005
341 Eon Forrester 12 July 2005
342 Eon Alleyne 15 July 2005
343 Dwight McKenzie 15 July 2005
344 Thane Anthony Cummings August 2005
345 Gavin Isaacs August 2005
346 Jacob Rambarran August 2005
347 Delon Headley 26 August 2005
348 John Dicke September 2005
349 Donald Allison (Former Boxing Coach) 8 September 2005
350 Godwyn Gibson 16 September 2005
351 Suresh Persaud October 2005
352 Sundat Ramoutar October 2005
353 Davendra Persaud 25 October 2005
354 Pastor Ian David 2 December 2005
355 Thomas Orderson 284 Meadowbrook Gardens 4 December 2005
356 Nanette Figueira 18 Hadfield Street, Lodge 7 December 2005
357 Carl Anthony Abrams Nabacalis 12 November 2005
358 Nigel Greene Oronoque Street, Queenstown 15 December 2005
359 Orale Mohabir Oronoque Street, Q/town 15 December 2005
360 Daniel Thompson 17 December 2005
361 Daniel Thompson 17 December 2005
362 Ramsuchit Ramlochando. 7 Village, W.C.B. 18 December 2005
363 Ronald Waddell Subryanville 30 January 2006
364 Sheldon Smartt 26 February 2006
365 Cedric Dummet 26 February 2006
366 Loris Semple 26 February 2006
367 Hannah Cameron 26 February 2006
368 David Brummel 26 February 2006
369 Lavern Scott-Garraway 26 February 2006
370 Cecil Duncan 26 February 2006
371 Kevin Browne 18 March 2005
372 Eton Forte 6 September 2006
373 Curtis Robertson 22 April 2006
374 Pulmattie Persaud 22 April 2006
375 Rajpat Sawh 22 April 2006
376 Satyadeow Sawh (Late Minister of Agriculture) 22 April 2006
377 Troy Dick (Prison Escapee) 29 September 2006
378 Colin Jacobs 29 September 2006
379 John Anthony Heywood October 2006
380 Orlando Andrews 30 October 2006
381 Donna Herod 4 September 2007
382 Tenisha Morgan (Girlfriend of “Fineman), E.C.D. 18 January 2008
383 Shazam Mohammed 26 January 2008
384 Clarence Thomas 26 January 2008
385 Ron Thomas 26 January 2008
386 Vanessa Thomas 26 January 2008
387 Dhanrajie Seecharan 26 January 2008
388 Rooplall Seecharan 26 January 2008
389 Mohandai Gourdat 26 January 2008
390 Seegobin Gourdat 26 January 2008
391 Raywattie Ramsingh 26 January 2008
392 Seegopaul Harilall 26 January 2008
393 Shalem Baksh 26 January 2008
394 Troy St. John 1 February 2008
395 Vibert Leroy Harris 1 February 2008
396 Shane Fredericks Constable (16906) 17 February 2008
397 Ron Osborne Constable (19886) 17 February 2008
398 Zaheer Zakir Lance Corporal (18632) 17 February 2008
399 Abdool Yassin, Jr. Good Hope, E.C.D. 17 February 2008
400 Ashraf Ali Khan Middlesex, Essequibo Coast 17 February 2008
401 Baldeo Singh Montrose, E.C.D. 17 February 2008
402 Deonarine Singh Boat Captain of Wakenaam 17 February 2008
403 Dexter Adrian Taxi Driver of Tucville 17 February 2008
404 Edwin Gilkes Bartica 17 February 2008
405 Errol Thomas Tuschen 17 February 2008
406 Irving Ferreira Security Guard, Bartica 17 February 2008
407 Ronald Gomes Kuru-Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway 17 February 2008
408 Marcyn King (Sister of “Fineman) 10 March 2008
409 Eon Jackson 13 June 2008
410 Robin Julius Chung (Chung Boy) June 2008
411 Cecil Simeon Ramcharran June 2008
412 Otis Fifee a/k “Mud-Up” Buxton June 2008
413 Bonny Harry Zorg, Essequibo Coast 21 June 2008
414 Cedric Arokium 21 June 2008
415 Dax Arokium 1131 Crane Place, South Ruimveldt 21 June 2008
416 Clifton Wong aka “Berry” 27 orton Street, Wortmanville 21 June 2008
417 Compton Speirs aka “Tona”
149 West Meten Meer-Zorg, W.C.D 21 June 2008
418 Horace Drakes aka “Pona” De Kinderen, W.C.D. 21 June 2008
419 Lancelot Lee aka “Piggy”
463 Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt 21 June 2008
420 Nigel Torres Jeep Landing, Kwakwani, Berbice River 21 June 2008
421 Dharampaul Ramsarup July 2008
422 Dexter Chase Agricola 1 July 2008
423 Akbar Alli Enmore 24 July 2008
424 Dennis Richards Enterprise Gardens 7 August 2008
425 Unidentified Person 5 August 2008
426 Rondell “Fineman” Rawlins 28 August 2008
427 Jermaine “Skinny” Charles 28 August 2008
428 Alicia Foster David Street, Kitty 12 October 2008
429 Unidentified Man 1 November 2008
430 Melissa Payne 5 November 2008
431 Eric Williams a/k “Eddo” 7 November 2008
432 Leon Dundas Punt Trench Dam, Albouystown 7 November 2008
433 Unidentified Person 8 November 2008
434 Raphael Piggott Guyhoc Park 9 November 2008
435 Rickford Barker Timehri 15 November 2008
436 Cranston Gill 28 November 2008
437 Cliff Chichester (Ex-GDF Cadet Officer) Dazzell Housing Scheme 28 November 2008
438 James Gibson (Ex-Army Lt.) 28 November 2008
439 Brandis Roberts (Parika Businessman) 30 November 2008
440 Fiesal Ferose “Robert” Ali FA 3 December 2008
441 Hardel Haynes 9 December 2008
442 Shenese Ann Richardson
502 West Ruimveldt 14 December 2008
443 Lt. Col. D. Naraine (Army Officer) 19 December 2008
444 Lt. Col. Tony Ross 19 December 2008
445 Dexter Allen 19 December 2008
446 Antwan Smith aka “Deportee” of Linden 21 February 2009
447 Dwayne Marks aka “Bully” Bartica 21 February 2009
448 Gavin Gray aka “Sweet Eyes” Bartica 21 February 2009
449 David Leander aka David Zammett aka “Biscuit” 24 July 2009
