IN 1954, Dr Cheddi Jagan was arrested. A wave of terror against the PPP, its leaders and the working people ensued. Cheddi Jagan’s movements were restricted. As part of the party’s civil disobedience campaign he broke the restriction order by the colonialists, was arrested and sent to jail for six months. But not before he had his say in the dock.

“Today,” he declared, “Guyana is a vast prison. Whether I am outside or inside matters little. Prisons hold no terror for me. I expect no justice from this or any other Court. Justice has been dead since the British troops landed. I am hoping for the day when there will be greater justice in Guiana.”