Mohamed wants High Court to grant interim bail

Last Updated on Monday, 9 November 2026, 20:44 by Written By Denis Chabrol

Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has applied to the High Court for interim bail because of shifting timelines that would see him remaining in custody beyond November 24- his next court appearance- on a cybercrime charge concerning national police surveillance footage.

Sparendaam Magistrate Abigail Gibbs has refused Mr Mohamed and a policeman bail and ordered that they be remanded to prison until November 24, 2026.

Through his lawyer, Siand Dhurjon Mr Mohamed hopes that this latest bail application will be granted especially since the Attorney General has asked that a hearing for the Fixed Date Application (FDA) for judicial review and bail, first scheduled for November 23 now be refixed to some time after November 26, 2026.  Mr Mohamed also says the Director of Public Prosecutions has applied to strike out parts of his affidavit.

He also cites that the National Assembly will sit on November 11 and the Guyana Prison Service has published accounts of his regime which he disputes.  “Each day in custody is prejudice which no later order can undo,” he said.

If the court refuses to grant Mr Mohamed bail, he wants an order to be issued allowing him to be associated with other remand prisoners, the light in his cell is switched off at night and is not subjected to any treatment which constitutes psychological abuse.

Pending the hearing and determination of the FDA, the High Court has been asked that if it imposes a curfew, that it not apply while he attends sittings of the National Assembly or of its committees, or while he travels directly to or from them.

The High Court has been asked to grant bail with one or more sureties, if required, continued surrender of all travel documents and not to leave Guyana; to reside at Lot 19 Houston, East Bank Demerara, and not to change that address without the leave of the court; to report to a named police station on such days as the court directs; no direct or indirect contact with co-accused police constable Ryan Greene or any prosecution witness, save through counsel; not to access, attempt to access, or procure or encourage any person to access, any computer system or data of the Guyana Police Force, including the Command Centre; and not to interfere with the investigation of the charge.

Mr Mohamed and 20-year-old police constable Ryan Greene were on October 30 remanded to prison until November 24, having been charged under Section 9 (2)(b) of the Cybercrime Act which states that a person commits an offence who, through authorised or unauthorised means, obtains or accesses electronic data which relates to the national security of the State or is stored on a computer system and is protected against unauthorised access, and intentionally and without lawful excuse or justification grants access to or gives the electronic data to another person, whether or not he knows that the other person is authorised to receive or have access to the electronic data.

If found guilty on indictment, they could be fined GYD$8 million and jailed for five years.