The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ordered a pause in the extradition proceedings involving United States-sanctioned Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, with the matter now set to be heard on April 21, 2026, at 9:00 hrs.
The ruling was handed down on Wednesday during a case management session before CCJ President Justice Winston Anderson and Justices Maureen Rajnauth-Lee and Chantal Ononaiwu.
With the stay now in effect, proceedings before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts cannot continue until the regional court addresses the matter.
In setting directions for the case, the CCJ signalled that the proceedings should be treated with urgency and that a timetable should be established to have the issue heard promptly.
The parties agreed to an expedited process. The court also decided that the Mohameds’ bid for special leave to appeal will be heard alongside the appeal itself.
This means the CCJ will determine both whether the matter should proceed and the substantive issues in dispute during the April 21 hearing. Attorneys for both sides accepted that arrangement.
At the centre of the case is the Mohameds’ challenge to the extradition proceedings, including claims that the process was tainted by bias on the part of State officials, among them the Minister of Home Affairs, who issued the Authority to Proceed.
Their lawyers contend that allowing the proceedings to continue would be unlawful and unfair. The State, on the other hand, has argued that the extradition process was properly triggered and should be allowed to run its course.
The matter is now before the CCJ after the Mohameds failed in their attempts to stop the proceedings in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Guyana.
