Ac­tivist Alyssa Phillip and her moth­er Camille Cares­quero have been charged fol­low­ing their ar­rests dur­ing Labour Day cel­e­bra­tions in Fyz­abad on Fri­day.

The pros­e­cu­tion of Phillip and Cares­quero, who are al­ready fac­ing charges aris­ing out of a pub­lic demon­stra­tion late last month, was an­nounced by the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) in a press re­lease is­sued a short while ago.

The re­lease stat­ed that Phillip had been charged with be­ing the leader of a march and fail­ing to call on such a march to dis­perse, dis­or­der­ly be­hav­iour, and re­sist­ing ar­rest. Cas­es­quero was charged for be­ing present at a march and fail­ing to dis­perse, ob­struct­ing a po­lice of­fi­cer, and re­sist­ing ar­rest.