Does Amnesty international have any say, about how black people are being abused and killed by police in the USA. or is it just their business to pick on the Bahamas, and what are they doing about Haiti and the Country with whom Haiti shares a border.

The USA, unlike most of the rest of the world, including The Bahamas, has not ratified many treaties dealing with Human Rights, International Criminal Court in the Hauge etc.

So you can't compare the US. You can compare Canada or most European countries with The Bahamas.

Fred Smith and crew are the ones 'enhancing discrimination' in the Bahamas.
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Tell Amnesty International to 'suck a rotten lemon' and on top of that, let all the illegal immigrants into their countries to suck off their electricity, social, health and education services for free!

Fred Smith should tackle his real monster - the Haitian government and their mistreatment of Haitians. Haiti is a wonderland of human rights abuses, he could do a lot of good there. But he is too much of a coward to tackle the source. Encouraging illegals to migrate, spreading lies and making exaggerated claims about the Bahamas is much easier. And will not result in a 'Columbian necktie' for him. The Bahamas is, unfortunately, collateral damage as he works out his issues.

In all fairness to Mr. Smith he has also represented Bahamians in matter where the police did not follow the law. By doing so we are all better off and the police improved their procedures.

Sadly, I and members of my family have witnessed some of immigrations actions and it certainly did not appear that they have much regard for the legal procedure that they should be following.

We have some excellent Bahamians in the Immigration Department but I don't think that they are getting the support that they need from government. Maybe Mr. Smith's actions will help us get to be where we need to be in all this.

Not one peep out of Amnesty international about American blacks being constantly brutalized and slaughtered by corrupt police and racist.??

Economist: Mr. Smith is a member of Bahamian bar. Why should he not represent Bahamians in legal proceedings? Beside that whatever good he did In the the past is being overshadowed by his personal crusade to ruin the Bahamas' reputation.

Mr. Smith's plan is to place such an unreasonable cost associated with the documentation and repatriation of illegals that the government would do what it has always done: nothing. While he bemoans the potential disenfranchisement of immigrant children over a small permit fee, he has no concern about the thousands of Bahamians who are disenfranchised by overcrowded schools, hospitals and use of taxpayer funds to process and repatriate illegals.

Besides the upgrades at the detention center, I see no need for a costly procedure overhaul. However, if you witness the mistreatment of anyone by authorities, you should intervene or at the very least use your cell phone to record these incidents. I do not agree with abuse and the minister has said many times the government does not condone abuse of anyone.