INTRODUCTION Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic impact has exposed longstanding structural inequalities affecting Rastafari and indigenous communities in Jamaica, especially in Trench Town—recognized globally as the birthplace of reggae, a UNESCO-protected form of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), and a living archive of African Diaspora creative, spiritual, and political identity. This brief establishes that failure to protect, fund, and redevelop Trench Town as a cultural-h

For Immediate Release November 14, 2025 Haile Selassie I Church Secretary and Sovereign Human Rights Advocate Calls for Emergency Cultural Rights Intervention and Reconstruction Authority for Trench Town & Rastafari Communities After Hurricane Melissa The Empress Menen Human Rights Institute and the Haile Selassie I JAH RasTafari Royal Ethiopian Judah Coptic Church have issued an urgent call for a rights-based redevelopment framework for Trench Town and other indigenous/Rasta

Addendum to CASE Study-The Use of Political Psyciatry and Law to Silence Rastafari In Jamaica Addendum — Evidence of Collusion, Protective Protocols, and Accountability Measures New evidence indicates coordinated action by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Jamaica and subordinate legal officials to prevent the statutorily mandated referral of Mr. Lancelott Watson’s notarized Disabilities Act complaint to the Disabilities Rights Tribunal. Following that administrative dis

The Abuse of Human Rights in Jamaica A Case Study by Karen Francis for Empress Menen Human Rights Institute Abstract For over a century, Jamaica’s justice system has served not merely as a court of law, but as an instrument of control against those who dared to assert Black divinity, African identity, or human dignity. This paper examines the continuum of judicial persecution and psychiatric repression from Marcus Mosiah Garvey , through Leonard Percival Howell , to Lance

PRESS RELEASE / PUBLIC COMMUNIQUÉ Special needs caregiver and Human Rights Advocate, Karen Francis, files Human Rights Petition for Justice on behalf of 72 year old elderly man and the RasTafari Community. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date:  October 21, 2025 21, 2025 Contact: Karen Alyssa Francis Founder, Empress Menen Human Rights Institute Haile Selassie I MetaVersity  — www.HaileSelassieIMetaVersity.org 📧 empress@empresszaria.com  | 📞 876-816-1953 Headline: Rastafari Human Righ

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