Former coup hostage: Don’t bury 1990

Ac­tivist and for­mer hostage Wen­dell Ever­s­ley is re­new­ing his call for jus­tice and re­mem­brance as the na­tion nears the 35th an­niver­sary of the 1990 coup at­tempt.

Speak­ing at a press con­fer­ence out­side the Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day morn­ing, just days away from the Ju­ly 27 an­niver­sary, Ever­s­ley made a heart­felt plea to both the Gov­ern­ment and the Op­po­si­tion: “Do not for­get 1990. Do not for­get our democ­ra­cy was at­tacked.”

Ever­s­ley, who was among those held hostage in the Red House dur­ing the six-day in­sur­rec­tion, re­vealed he has em­barked on an­oth­er fast and prayer in ob­ser­vance of the event, a prac­tice he has main­tained for over three decades. Yes­ter­day he was on the 22nd day of his fast.