KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will today convene for the first time in Jamaica when it sits at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston to hear the case against the Barbadian Government by Jamaican Shanique Myrie.
Myrie is seeking damages for what she said was discriminatory treatment by Barbadian Customs and Immigration officials when she attempted to enter that Eastern Caribbean island in March 2011 via the Grantley Adams International Airport.
Myrie, whose case was given wide attention across the Caribbean Community (Caricom) after her claim of being finger-raped was first reported by the Jamaica Observer, has contended that she was subjected to two demeaning cavity searches and locked in a cold, dank room due to her Jamaican nationality.