Is the manipulation of the Reparations Now TV program part of an attempt to silence African Guyanese voices?

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Dear Editor, As a member of the public who weekly attends meetings of the Guyana Reparations Committee, I am very concerned with the public manipulation of the bi-monthly Reparations Now TVA Program which has been in existence for over 7 years. This show is usually slated for the second and fourth Sundays every month. Since last year, when the show was prevented from being shown live after Jonathan Adams suggested the Guyana Government should do more for Haiti, there seems to be continuing censorship of the Program. Of late, and especially over the last 2 years, the show is manipulated whenever the Government feels. The show normally comes on at 8:30 pm immediately after the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha TV show which begins at 7:30. Whenever there is a holiday, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Show keeps its time slot, and the Reparations Now TV show is either not shown or shown at an hour when the audience is going to bed. More recently, last week, the Reparations Now TV show was not shown. Instead, a Bollywood Show followed by a movie aired almost every day about an African American football player who lived with a white family was shown. Many...

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