Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) in partnership with the Embassy of Belgium in Kingston hosts a virtual launch event on March 25, 2021 at 5pm, to commemorate the establishment of our Gender-based Violence Support…
In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2021, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of a Gender-based Violence (GBV) Support Group, dubbed “VINE: Healing from Violence Together.”
Starting in…
OCTOBER 26, 2020 - On September 29, 2020, the Government of Jamaica indicated that fresh legislation to establish the National Identification System (NIDS) would be tabled, debated, and passed by the end of…
Jamaicans for Justice is a non-profit human rights and social justice organization that works to create a more just and equitable society. We provide redress and legal services to hundreds of persons each…
September 29, 2020 – Jamaicans for Justice sends our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of two members of Jamaica’s security forces shot and killed in the line of duty on Sept. 25 and…
Jamaicans for Justice welcomes the Sept. 18th decision, Everton Douglas et al vs The Minister of National Security et al, delivered by Supreme Court judge, Mr. Justice Bertram J. Morrison, as a historic victory for…
By datejie green
Mercia Frazer’s son, Mario Deane, was fatally beaten in Montego Bay police custody on August 3, 2014. She has been waging a fight for justice through Jamaica’s courts and bureaucracy for…
A studio portrait of Mario Deane in his twenties. Photo courtesy of Mercia Frazer.
By Tori Tulloch
Since the police-involved death of thirty-one-year-old Mario Deane in 2014, the journey of his case through the criminal justice system has taken more than…
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), with support from the European Union (EU), host a virtual sensitization session entitled "Workplace Discrimination: The Laws, Gaps and What's To Come" on August 25,…
Jamaicans for Justice wishes to clarify our involvement in the case of the 5-year-old instructed to cut her dreadlocked hair to attend Kensington Primary.
JFJ was not party/claimant on the current matter and…