An Open Letter to the Royal Bahamas Police Force
An Open Letter to the Royal Bahamas Police Force
Maybe it’s not my place, but I cannot ignore the pain this practice is causing.
I am urging the Royal Bahamas Police Force to immediately end the posting of people’s photos for petty crimes on social media. When you share these images before individuals have even stood before a judge, you are not only undermining the presumption of innocence you are permanently damaging their reputations, their opportunities, and their futures.
International human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 11) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 14), affirm that every person is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law. By releasing names and photographs publicly before a fair trial, this principle is being violated.
As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and a signatory to CARICOM’s Charter of Civil Society, The Bahamas has pledged to uphold fairness, human dignity, and justice. This current practice of public shaming runs contrary to those commitments and weakens the trust between citizens and the institutions meant to protect them.
A single Facebook post may disappear from the timeline, but the stigma it creates will follow a person for years, sometimes for life. This is not justice. It is public shaming. It turns the court of law into the court of public opinion, and the scars it leaves can push people into depression, hopelessness, and even suicide.
Bahama Drama is pleading with the RBPF: please stop this harmful practice. There are many non-public ways to locate and process individuals without branding them publicly and stripping them of their humanity.
Justice should never come at the cost of dignity. The Bahamas deserves a justice system that protects both public safety and human rights.
Respectfully,
Bahama Drama…
Example:
(Wanted for stealing by way of employment.)
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