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Haiti: preparations for possible refugee exodus
The joining of notorious perpetrator of human rights violations Louis Jodel Chamblain and his followers with armed rebels accused of past abuses in the Central Plateau would create another devastating threat to respect for human rights in Haiti, Amnesty International said today....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 4:05pm PST
Haiti split in two as rebels advance
The armed rebellion in Haiti extended its reach over the central third of the country yesterday after 50 men led by a former army death-squad commander stormed the town of Hinches, near the border with the Dominican Republic, killing the police chief and breaking open the local prison....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 8:01pm PST
Media vs. Reality in Haiti
Judging by the corporate media’s recent coverage of the crisis in Haiti, one might be led to believe that they are “aiding and abetting” an attempted coup d’etat aimed at the democratically elected Jean Bertand Aristide. On a daily basis, mainstream international media is churning out stories provided mainly by the Associated Press and Reuters that have little basis in fact....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 7:40pm PST
Flashpoints: US support of right-wing opposition in Haiti
Today on Flashpoints: The General Council for the government of Haiti in the United States speaks out against US support of right-wing opposition in Haiti; Robert Fisk discusses the ongoing violence in Iraq; and Larry Everest talks about Empire and the US Global Agenda...
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 7:35pm PST
France ponders Haiti peace force
France says it is ready to consider sending a peacekeeping force to its former colony Haiti, where civil unrest has left more than 50 people dead....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 9:41am PST
Aristide Gov't Will Investigate Revlut'ary Front for Haitian Advancement and Progress
FRAPH, (Revolutionary Front for Haitian Advancement and Progress), a paramilitary organization formed during the second half of the coup d'etat (1991-1994) has been reported on and denounced by all international human rights groups
for their use of various methods of torture against Aristide supporters during that time....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 6:48pm PST
Haiti rebellion hits another town
At least three people have been killed as armed rebels launched a new attack in the central Haitian town of Hinche....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 4:30pm PST
Rep. Maxine Waters Charges U.S. Is Encouraging A Coup in Haiti
Several thousand demonstrators clashed with supporters of Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide this weekend as they marched through the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince. We speak with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) about what role the U.S. is playing in the current events in the country....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 4:27pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Liason Update 2/11
1. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Calls on Powell for Haiti Solution 2. Crisis in Haiti, (Washington Post EDITORIAL), February 11, 2004 3. Haiti Erupts (New York Times EDITORIAL), , February 11, 2004 4. Haiti grapples with violence... (Miami Herald EDITORIAL) February 11, 2004...
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 10:55am PST
2/10 Haiti Foreign Press Update
. Haiti's Aristide rides a tidal wave of love — and hate (Toronto Star)
2. Two Haitian Towns Retaken,(Washington Post) Gives insight into violence
3. Refugees flee gun battles spreading through Haiti (Chicago Tribune)
etc...
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2004 10:46am PST
Haitian police back in control of St Marc
According to Michaele Lucius, the chief of staff for Police Headquarters of
Haiti's National Police in Port-au-Prince, the police are in control of St.
Marc....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 6:16pm PST
Haitian Government warns of coup
The prime minister of Haiti has accused opposition groups of trying to mount a coup, as unrest continues to spread....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 7:10pm PST
Anti-Aristide revolt spreads in Haiti
SAINT MARC, Haiti (Reuters) - Embattled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is facing his most serious challenge in months of anti-government protests as an armed revolt spreads to several more cities in the impoverished Caribbean nation....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 3:16pm PST
Haiti siege claims more lives
Violence is continuing in Haiti with anti-government rebels saying they have killed 14 policemen in fresh fighting for control of the city of Gonaives....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 5:16pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update 2/6
1. Press fail to identify key players and timing in Gonaives opposition
2. UN Statement in response to Gonaives opposition violence
3. President Aristide inaugurates new public hospital/Receives diplomatic
delegation
4. Opposition rejects talks with Aristide... by Ottey and Charles, Miami
Herald
5. Rep. Waters: "Time for US to get tough with Apaid and the opposition in
Haiti."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 12:31pm PST
Haiti Update 2/5
1. President Aristide: Meeting with union sector/Meeting with Caricom
delegation
2. Haiti's Descent, New York Times Editorial
3. Women's Group Denounces Degradation of Women by Opposition Marchers...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 9:57am PST
2/4 Haiti Update
1. An open letter to Caricom by Randall Robinson (The Jamaica Gleaner)
2. The end of nationhood, by John Maxwell (The Jamaica Observer)
3. Travel Safety Report by Pax Christi USA Haiti Task Force, February 3, 2004...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 4:39pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Liason Update
I thank you for being in Haiti and I thank you for releasing and spraying the
truth around the world on behalf of the Haitian people as one of the richest
countries of the world, from a cultural point of view, from an historic point
of view......
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 10:25am PST
1/27 Haiti News Update
Port-au-Prince, January 27, 2004 -(AHP)- The Conference of Haitian pastors
(COPAH) on Tuesday denounced the increase in acts of violence throughout the
country and asked the various sectors to take on their responsibilities to
prevent the country from sinking into catastrophe....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 11:33pm PST