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Human Rights News
NCHR Reiterates Call
for Special Court to Handle Political Crimes
New York, April 3, 2006 – Six years ago today, radio broadcast
pioneer and democracy advocate Jean Léopold Dominique was gunned
down on the steps of Radio Haiti Inter shortly before he was to
begin the morning’s news broadcasts. His murderers also killed the
radio station’s groundskeeper, Jean-Claude Louissaint... René
Préval’s recent election in Haiti may provide a real opportunity for
justice in the Dominique case to be given the attention it
deserves.The government of Haiti should promptly establish an
interim prosecutorial machine – a special court or prosecutor – to
which the international community should commit significant
resources so that justice reigns supreme.>>>
Quelle Importance
Jean Dominique?
Plaidoirie de Michèle Montas et de Jan
Dominique
New York, le 3 avril 2006 -- "La réponse
nous vient de ceux qui sont victimes au quotidien des abus de
pouvoir de petits chefs, de l’exclusion, de la marginalisation et
des dénis de justice, ceux qui en masse ont voté le 7 février pour
la fin de l’insécurité, sachant parfaitement que ce monstre a été
nourri à la mamelle de l’impunité et de l’injustice, ceux qui se
sont battus depuis 30 ans contre l’état prévaricateur et corrupteur,
pour mettre fin aux jeux destructeurs de pouvoir et d’argent, et
pour changer la vie." Lisez la suite en cliquant sur la flèche
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Turning
Haiti Around
March 2, 2006 -- On February 7, 2006, more than 2 million
Haitian voters went to the polls to choose a new President and
new Senators and Assemblymen. They came undeterred by
disabilities, hardships or illiteracy, and waited patiently and
calmly in long lines to cast their vote despite the slow,
frustrating and chaotic process. When the polls closed, national
and international observers hailed the vote as free and fair. We
salute the people of Haiti whose dignified and exemplary
behavior on election-day commands all of us to seek progress and
build a viable democracy in Haiti through non-violent means.>>>
Haiti: The Most
Expensive Elections To Date May Yield Little Benefit
New York, November 21, 2005 -- Haiti is lurching towards
national elections that may cost the impoverished country as
much as $100 million. “These elections may be the most expensive
Haitian vote to date,” says Jocelyn McCalla, Executive Director
of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR), “but
conditions for stable democratic progress barely exist.
Consequently, electoral democracy may not trigger the functional
democracy that Haitians yearn for.”
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NCHR-Haiti Does Not Speak for the National Coalition for Haitian
Rights (NCHR)
New York, March 11, 2005 -- Pierre Esperance, Director of
NCHR-Haiti, released earlier today a statement critical of the
decision by UN and Haitian authorities in Haiti to provide
emergency medical treatment to former Prime Minister Yvon
Neptune whose health has steadily worsened since he began a
hunger strike 19 days ago.
“Neither Mr. Esperance, nor any member of the staff of
NCHR-Haiti, speak for or on behalf of the National Coalition for
Haitian Rights (NCHR), its board or its staff,” said Jocelyn
McCalla, Executive-Director of the NY-based human rights
organization.
Initially established as a field office of the NCHR in 1992,
NCHR-Haiti has functioned independently for several years,
raising its own funds and setting its own agenda and governance
structure.
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In Keeping With
Tradition, Haiti Delivers Swift Injustice
New York, August 17, 2004 -- In less than 24
hours and under cover of darkness, Haiti settled the case of the
People of Haiti vs. Chamblain, acquitting the latter of the
murder of Antoine Izmery, a businessman killed in broad daylight
in 1993 because of his opposition to military rule.
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Chamblain's Trial
Likely To Be a Whitewash
New York, August 12, 2004 -- The
government of Haiti has announced that rebel commander Louis
Jodel Chamblain and former Haitian army captain Jackson Joanis
will be among those put on trial next week.
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Haiti: What of the Rule of
Law?
New York, March 21, 2004 -- If Haiti is to rid itself of its
destructive cycle of lawlessness and political upheavals, its
leaders must resolutely break with the past to rapidly establish
and promote respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the transitional
government’s priority. >>>
For Haiti to
Live, The Rule of Law Must Be Established Promptly
New York, March 5, 2004 --
After declaring his readiness to die in office to save
democracy, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide decided to save himself and
perhaps Haiti by fleeing, albeit reluctantly, into exile. Now, there’s a
very real possibility that power will fall in the hands of rebels, whose
past record of atrocities committed on behalf of military regimes and
Aristide’s rule indicate that the rule of law and respect for human
rights are the least of their concerns.
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Haiti Needs
Substantial International Investment In Rule of Law Institutions
New York, February 22, 2004 -- President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s
autocratic rule is nearly over. If democracy is to succeed in
Haiti, the US and its allies must invest
substantially in the development of neutral police forces and courts.
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Right to Peaceful Assembly Denied
in Haiti
New York, December 5, 2003 -- NCHR Executive Director Jocelyn
McCalla condemns the Haitian government's violent suppression of
peaceful student march and rally.
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