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Prominent lawyer Bernard Don Christopher dies
By TDN Wire Staff
April 22, 2012 9:30 P.M.
Roseau, Dominica -- Dominican lawyer, sociologist and author Bernard Don Christopher has died. Christopher underwent surgery at the Princess Margaret Hospital last Monday and died a few days later. It is not clear what caused his death.
Don Christopher has added a significant contribution to the West Indian diaspora literature. |
Christoper is well known on the Dominican legal and political scene and served as General Secretary to both the Dominica Labour Party and the United Workers Party. He recently represented Tiyani Behanzin’s in a civil matter brought by the former magistrate against the government for their refusal to call him to the bar.
In addition, he served as an attorney for the United Workers Party, and at the time of his death was representing former IMF economist Dr Thomson Fontaine in a defamation lawsuit brought by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit for his reporting over the sale of Dominican passports.
In 2009, Christopher published a 225 page book entitled: Britain’s Immigration Dilemma: patriotism, Prejudice and Paranoia. Published by Pond Casse Press, Christopher shows how successive conservative policy makers have advocated discriminatory measures against West-Indian immigrants in Britain and how these polices reflect racial and cultural xenophobia.
He is survived by his wife and other family and friends.
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