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Maurice Rupert Bishop was born on 29 May 1944 on the island of Aruba, then a colony of the Netherlands as part of the Territory of Curaçao.His parents, Rupert and Alimenta Bishop, came from the northeast of Grenada, where Rupert earned only five British pence per day.
Once his detention became publicly known, mass protests occurred throughout the country. On 19 October, "crowds estimated at between 15,000 to 30,000 persons shut down workplaces, poured into the streets of the capital, St. George’s, and freed Bishop from house arrest." [1] Bishop then went with a large group to army headquarters at Fort Rupert.
The Mongoose Gang was responsible for silencing critics, [6] breaking up demonstrations and murdering opponents of the Gairy regime, including Rupert Bishop, the father of Maurice Bishop, in January 1974. Maurice Bishop himself was beaten by members of the Mongoose Gang two months previously, in November 1973, and jailed. [7]
[27] After surrendering to the superior force, Bishop and seven leaders loyal to him were lined up against a wall in Fort Rupert's courtyard and faced a firing squad. [25] [26] The army under Hudson Austin then stepped in and formed a military council to rule the country, and placed Sir Paul Scoon under house arrest in Government House. The ...
The shooting death of a Los Angeles Catholic bishop is being investigated as a murder, police said. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
A Suffolk County Bloods gang leader was arraigned on charges of selling drugs that killed the mother of a young child and “caused serious bodily injury” to three others, federal officials ...
The question of the possible release, in the name of national reconciliation, of the "Grenada 17" — that is to say, the people convicted for the 1983 putsch and the death of Maurice Bishop — continued to divide Grenadian public opinion for years. Three of them, including Hudson Austin, were released in 2008.
General Hospital star Maurice Benard is getting candid about mental health following costar Billy Miller’s death by suicide. “Since the pandemic, I have been speaking out on suicide quite a ...