The Jamaica Information Service's own published text of Prime Minister Andrew Holness's statement to Parliament, delivered 4 April 2017, apologising for the violence against Rastafari at Coral Gardens between 11 and 12 April 1963, which the statement itself calls "a grave injustice" marked by "brutality, injustice and repression." Reliable as the government's own primary record of the apology and of its own commitments: a Trust Fund "of no less than $10M" for survivors, assistance locating survivors through the Public Defender's office, and the designation of six lots at Pinnacle in Saint Catherine as a protected Rastafari Heritage and Cultural Centre.
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Citation
AuthorJamaica Information Service; statement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness
PublisherJamaica Information Service
Publication Year2017
URLhttps://jis.gov.jm/speeches/statement-pm-holness-apologises-1963-coral-gardens-incident/
Source Typegovernment
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the Jamaican government's own publisher carrying its own Prime Minister's own words, a primary record of the apology and its stated commitments rather than a secondary account of one. NotesUsed for the 2017 apology and Trust Fund answering the 1963 Coral Gardens suppression already on Rastafari's map.
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This source names Jamaica directly: "The Jamaica Information Service's own published text of Prime Minister Andrew Holness's statement to Parliament, delivered 4 April 2017, apologising for the violence against Rastafari at Coral..."
This source names Pinnacle directly: "and the designation of six lots at Pinnacle in Saint Catherine as a protected Rastafari Heritage and Cultural Centre."
This source names Rastafari directly: "apologising for the violence against Rastafari at Coral Gardens between 11 and 12 April 1963, which the statement itself calls "a grave injustice" marked by "brutality, injustice and repression."
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