AG condemns malicious, defamatory attacks against Senior State lawyers

– warns of legal proceedings

Full statement below:  

I unequivocally condemn in the strongest possible terms the malicious, false and defamatory publication posted today, 13 November 2026, on Facebook by Ms. Hana Mohamed, also known as Hana Khamelia, sister of Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, in which she makes serious and wholly unfounded allegations of professional misconduct against two senior Attorneys-at-Law attached to the Attorney General’s Chambers & Ministry of Legal Affairs, while they were appearing in the High Court.

Speaking for myself, I have refused to dignify such and similar inane, infantile and impish personal and professional attacks leveled against me by this individual. However, the extension of such attacks to the staff of the Attorney General’s Chambers, who are simply discharging their professional duties, will not be tolerated.

The subject of these attacks are two professional women holding two of the highest positions in the Attorney General’s Chambers, Ms. Shoshanna V. Lall – the Deputy Solicitor General of Guyana and Ms. Ronetta Sargent – Assistant Solicitor General of Guyana, respectively.

On 12 November 2026, on more than one occasion during the hearing of judicial review proceedings in the High Court involving Azruddin Mohamed, while I was addressing the Court, the Court had cause to admonish Ms. Bonita Mohamed for her loud and disrespectful outbursts. Even her lawyers were forced to caution her.

Magnanimously, I apologised to the Court for her unruly conduct. After the hearing concluded, Ms. Bonita Mohamed and Mr. Nazar Mohamed hurled personal attacks and insults at me, which I ignored, and will not repeat here. 1 However, I am informed by Ms. Lall and Ms. Sargent that throughout my presentation to the Court yesterday Ms. Hana Mohamed and Ms. Hadiyya Mohamed were inaudibly mouthing expletives in our direction.

Immediately after the proceedings were adjourned, Bonita Mohamed and Hana Mohamed then launched a tirade of insults against Ms. Lall and Ms. Sargent. Ms. Sargent responded by saying “we are simply doing our jobs” – to which Ms. Bonita Mohamed looked at her and spat.  The offensive post constitutes a scathing, defamatory and scurrilous attack on Ms. Lall and Ms. Sargent, falsely accusing them of professional misconduct and misbehaviour in the Court and within the precincts of the Court.

These publications have attracted large volumes of vitriolic comments, further vilifying and tarnishing the sterling standing and reputation of these professional women, who were simply discharging their legal duties in defence of the State.  The fact that these attorneys are remunerated from pubic funds, as Ms. Mohamed pointedly emphasizes, does not diminish their entitlement to dignity, personal security and the protection of their professional reputations. Neither does it render them illegitimate targets for falsehoods, harassment or intimidation.

Public officers ought not to endure abuse as the price for serving the State. They are entitled to perform their duties with dignity, and fearlessly and without threats, intimidation or harassment from politicians and their families. This continuous attack must end now. Public officers are hereby encouraged to take the necessary legal actions against these attacks and their executioners. Ms. Lall and Ms. Sargent have been advised to do likewise.