Attacks on the Press 2006: Haiti
HAITI Attacks on Haiti’s press dropped significantly, even as its streets were ravaged by violence—but journalists said the decline was attributable to widespread self-censorship. Haiti’s media continued to operate in a polarized environment, which both skewed and limited coverage of the government and street gangs. René Préval, an agronomist who served as president of Haiti…
In Haiti, photographer gunned down after receiving gang threats
New York, January 25, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Haitian authorities today to fully investigate the murder of photographer Jean-Rémy Badio, who was gunned down outside his home in Port-au-Prince on Friday after receiving several death threats from local gang members. CPJ is investigating whether Badio’s murder is linked to his professional work.…
Suspect in journalist murder granted medical release
Updated: April 11, 2006 Original case: July 14, 2005 Jacques Roche, Le Matin KILLED—UNCONFIRMED Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste was granted a temporary release from prison on January 30 to receive medical treatment for leukemia. He was accused of involvement in the 2005 murder of Jacques Roche, a well-known Haitian journalist.
CPJ urges Haiti’s Préval to make Dominique case a priority
New York, April 3, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists remembers Jean-Léopold Dominique, owner and director of Radio Haïti-Inter and one of the country’s most renowned journalists, who was gunned down six years ago today in a still-unpunished assassination. CPJ called on Haiti’s president-elect, René Préval, to make the murder investigation a priority of his administration…
Attacks on the Press 2005: Haiti
HAITI Amid civil unrest, political turmoil, and spiraling violence, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere remained a very dangerous place for journalists. The fall of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004 created a political vacuum; street gangs, drug traffickers, corrupt police, ex-soldiers from the disbanded military, and the ousted leader’s supporters sought violently to…
Two journalists detained
Editor’s note: The original text of this alert has been changed to clarify Pina’s relationship with Lavalas. New York, September 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern at the arrest on Friday of a U.S. filmmaker and a Haitian reporter who were covering a police search in the capital Port-au-Prince. Kevin Pina, a filmmaker…
HAITI
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Kevin Pina, KPFA Jean Ristil, Associated Press IMPRISONED A U.S. filmmaker and a Haitian reporter who were covering a police search in the capital Port-au-Prince were arrested. Kevin Pina, a filmmaker and correspondent with “Flashpoints,” a California-based radio show produced by station KPFA Berkeley , and Jean Ristil,…
HAITI
JULY 14, 2005 Posted: September 2, 2005 Jacques Roche, Le Matin KILLED–UNCONFIRMED Roche, cultural editor with the Port-au-Prince-based daily Le Matin who was kidnapped on July 10, was found dead four days later in a slum in Haiti’s capital. His body was handcuffed, riddled with bullets, and mutilated, according to international press reports. The Committee…
CPJ mourns the death of Jacques Roche
New York, July 14, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the death of Haitian journalist Jacques Roche, whose body was found today in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Roche, cultural editor with the daily Le Matin, was kidnapped on Sunday, according to international press reports. Roche, who also hosted a local television station show, was taken from…