The Caribbean Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday unanimously dismissed an appeal that was brought by U.S. – sanctioned Opposition leader, Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, challenging their extradition to the United States of America to answer an 11-count criminal indictment which includes allegations of conspiracy, mail and wire fraud and money laundering.
In the ruling that was read by Justice Denys Barrow, it was noted that Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond, held no bias when she granted an Authority to Proceed (ATP) following a U.S. extradition request made in October 2025 for the Mohameds.
Justice Barrow recalled that in December 2025, the Mohameds initiated judicial review proceedings against the Minister of Home Affairs, the Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Magistrate Judy Latchman, challenging the validity of the ATP and seeking a stay of the extradition process. The Mohameds’ case was dismissed by the High Court in February 2026 and subsequently by the Court of Appeal in March 2026.
Dissatisfied with the judgments, the Mohameds filed an appeal at the CCJ, arguing that the extradition process was invalid because the minister’s decision had been tainted by apparent bias arising from public statements by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo and the minister herself.
On Wednesday, Justice Barrow noted that the court found no bias in the decision of the minister and unanimously dismissed the appeal.
“On the facts and circumstances of the present case, the second appellant (Azruddin Mohamed) does not have clean hands. He provoked verbal attacks against him by his own earlier attacks against government officials, on his own willing participation in a general brawl of political calumny,” the CCJ said.
Justice Barrow further noted that the interim stay of the extradition proceedings imposed by this court on March 25, 2026, is hereby lifted and the case is therefore free to proceed.