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Amnesty urges Haiti to free political prisoners
August 1, 2006 by James M Yoch Jr
Amnesty International urged Haiti's government Tuesday to release political prisoners being held indefinitely pending trial. According to the human rights group, about 2,000 people are under prolonged detention, and close to 100 of them could be political prisoners. Amnesty called on....... [more]
Haiti former PM Neptune freed from prison after two-year detention
July 28, 2006 by Jaime Jansen
Haitian authorities freed former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune from prison Thursday on a provisional release, though Neptune still faces charges that he calls imaginary. Neptune has been detained for two years since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in 2004 on accusations....... [more]
'The Return': Aristide, Law and Democracy in Haiti [op-ed]
June 26, 2006 by JURIST Staff
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that although the return to Haiti of ousted former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is legally and constitutionally permissible, a double standard in the international community.... [more]
Interim Haiti PM orders government corruption probe
April 11, 2006 by Holly Manges Jones
Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue has asked the country's High Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes to conduct an investigation into the finances of all government officials and aides to address allegations of corruption and mismanagement. The audit will cover the two....... [more]
Thousands in Haiti imprisoned without charge or trial: UN
April 7, 2006 by Lisl Brunner
The UN human rights chief in Haiti has accused the interim government of imprisoning 4,000 people preventively for months or years without facing charges or trials. According to Thierry Fagart, the human rights field officer in Haiti, many of the prisoners were arrested for political r....... [more]
New Haiti president says constitution allows return of ousted Aristide
February 22, 2006 by Krystal MacIntyre
New Haitian president Rene Preval said Wednesday that ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a legal right to re-enter the country. In his first news conference since his victory in the February 2 election, President Preval invoked Article 41 of the Haitian Constitution: No person of Ha....... [more]
Haiti presidential candidate alleges fraud, promises to challenge results
February 14, 2006 by Holly Manges Jones
Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval, currently leading in the official count from the February 7 election with 48.76 percent of the votes, said Tuesday that the poll was plagued by gross errors and probably gigantic fraud. Preval, a former president and close ally of former pres....... [more]
BREAKING NEWS ~ UN peacekeepers fire on Haiti election protestors
February 13, 2006 by Jeannie Shawl
Members of the UN Stabilization Force in Haiti have fired on Haitians protesting election results, killing at least one protester and injuring four. Demonstrators supporting presidential candidate Rene Preval erected flaming roadblocks on Monday, demanding that the candidate be declared the.... [more]
Ex-president Preval leads Haiti election results
February 10, 2006 by Krista-Ann Staley
Initial results from the February 7 presidential election in Haiti indicate that Rene Preval, a former president and ally of ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide has won with over 60 percent of the vote. If the current results are certified the simple majority of votes for Preval will circumvent.... [more]
Three dead in Haiti as violence, vote manipulation issues mar elections
February 7, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
Three people were killed Tuesday in election-related violence in Haiti as citizens waited for hours at voting stations to participate in the first national poll since former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced from office in 2004 and involuntarily taken out of the country by a US plane..... [more]
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