Activists unhappy about AG citizenship appeal (The Tribune)

Jun. 18, 2020 – The Tribune

Equality Bahamas founder and co-director Alicia Wallace featured in The Tribune on June 18, 2020.

From The Tribune:

ACTIVISTS have criticised the Office of the Attorney General’s appeal of Justice Ian Winder’s landmark ruling on citizenship.

Local group Equality Bahamas and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, an international organisation, said they welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision, saying this is an important step towards upholding equal nationality rights for Bahamians without discrimination on the basis of gender or marital status.

In a joint statement, the organisations took issue with the government’s appeal of this decision.

“We are pleased with the interpretation of the Constitution as inclusive and rights-giving rather than restrictive and punitive,” said Alicia Wallace, director of Equality Bahamas and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights coalition member. “It is unfortunate that the attorney general is positioning himself as a defender of the Constitution and his narrow view of it, rather than a defender of the people for whom the Constitution was written. We continued in our work toward constitutional reform and the expansion of women’s rights.”