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Abdias Jean

Submitted by macho on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 11:53
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Haitian journalist murdered in 2005

the killing of Abdias Jean, a young Haitian journalist who reported from Haiti for WKAT radio in Florida, was immediately condemned by Amnesty International, the Director General of UNESCO and the Inter American Press Association. His murder was reported in both Reuters and the Associated Press wire services. Guyler Delva, the Secretary General of the Association of Haitian Journalists (and a Reuters correspondent), also condemned the murder and expressed dismay at the indifference of the Haitian commercial media to the death of a journalist.

 

Gérard Jean-Juste

Submitted by macho on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 11:02
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Lavalas activist jailed for seven weeks in 2004

The Court of Appeal of Port-au-Prince has announced the dismissal of all remaining charges against Father Gerard Jean-Juste. The Catholic priest is a prominent supporter of Famni Lavalas, the political party of ousted Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide.

Ronald Dauphin

Submitted by macho on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 10:56
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Lavalas activist jailed since 2004

Grassroots activist Ronald Dauphin, a supporter of President Aristide, was arrested by armed paramilitary troops on March 1, 2004 - the day after US officials forced Aristide into exile. Mr. Dauphin has spent five years in jail without having been convicted of any crime. For three years his case has been stuck in legal limbo, with no progress or active investigation.

 

Joseph Guyler C. Delva

Submitted by macho on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 16:49
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Haitian Reuters journalist receiving death threats and at risk of imprisonment

by Amnesty International

Joseph Guyler Delva has been receiving death threats which he believes to be related to both his involvement in an investigation into the murder of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique and his reporting on the controversial election of a former Haitian senator. Amnesty International is extremely concerned for his safety.

Lovinsky Pierre Antoine

Submitted by macho on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 16:42
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Haitian Human Rights advocate who has been 'disappeared' since 12 August 2007.

VANCOUVER, CANADA, September 19, 2007--On August 12, one of Haiti's best-known and respected advocates of human and social rights, Lovinsky Pierre Antoine, disappeared. The Haitian National Police later confirmed that he was kidnapped.

Yvon Neptune

Submitted by macho on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 12:47
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Ex-Haitian Prime Minister jailed under the coup regime 2004-2006.

On March 27, 2004, the provisional government banned Neptune from leaving the country, along with 36 other senior officials of the Aristide administration, in order to more easily investigate corruption allegations.

So Anne Auguste

Submitted by macho on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 15:33
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Folk singer jailed by Haiti's coup regime 2004-2006.

Haitian singer and Lavalas activist arrested on Mother's Day

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