Silence Is Not Neutral ! Act Now on the Allegations Against SOCU’s Head Fazil Karimbaksh

Tamùkke Feminists finds it deeply disturbing that serious allegations of rape and death threats made by a serving female officer against Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Fazil Karimbaksh are being met with silence and non-action by the Guyana Police Force and the state.

We strongly denounce this as both silence and inaction embolden perpetrators of such acts.  A woman has come forward at great personal risk, and the institutions charged with protecting the public, including her, have offered no public word, no assurance, and no visible action. That silence is not neutrality! It sends a message to the survivor, to every woman in the Force, and to every woman in Guyana: that power will be protected first.

Tamùkke Feminists reiterate that silence and inaction emboldens perpetrators. When those accused of sexual violence remain in positions of authority, untouched and unquestioned, it signals that abuse carries no consequence. It deters survivors from reporting and erodes public trust in the very system meant to deliver justice.