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cases, with the first trial scheduled for later this month. Each beach has its own story, Taylor says, but what they all have in common is communities that are being denied access to spaces that
legal battle is being led by the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (Jabbem), created in 2020 after community members clashed with police in violent protests over the closure of Mammee Bay, in the popular tourist
case to regain access to what she argues is her land. However, this is complicated by Antigua and Barbuda's property laws. Land ownership in Barbuda is collective, meaning that individual citizens have the right