Latest Haiti Democracy News
Tant que je serai commissaire du gouvernement, les bandits ne connaîtrons pas la paix
So says Jean Ernest Muscadin in Nippes. This prosecutor is not waiting for the foreign force to come to the rescue
Haitians Beginning to Defend Themselves
These Haitians aren’t waiting for the foreign force to come and defend them
Gang Violence Flaring
The U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights says in the first two and a half months of this year 531 people have been killed. “Most of the victims were killed or injured by snipers who were reportedly randomly shooting at people in their homes or on the streets.”
Nous célébrons la Journée internationale de la femme 2023
Marchant en Terrier Rouge, RENAFECA et des organisations sœurs protestent contre la violence envers les femmes et appellent à un partage équitable de la gouvernance. Regrouppement National des Femmes Candidates
Haiti Project’s Push for International Aid
Since 2017 the Haiti project has consistently pushed first for retaining, then returning the U.N. mission to Haiti to avert complete disaster. Here we reprise our recent published articles and also look back on our earlier efforts to save Haitian elections
Elegy for the Fallen Police
By Dr. Frantz Large, valued participant in the Haiti Democracy Project’s 2009 conference for a Strategy of National Salvation. “Ce soir notre cœur se serre pour la disparition au Champ d’honneur des agents de la PNH . . .Ce soir, des épouses se retrouvent sans mari, et leurs pauvres mains chercheront en vain sous les couvertures un corps désormais rigide et froid. Ce soir de petites mains attendent en vain un père”
Police Attacked in Their Homes
De nombreux policiers ont fui leurs domiciles pour échapper à la colère des bandits. Les bandits ont incendié des résidences et entreprises appartenant à des policiers
U.N.: Haiti Needs International Force to Beat the Gangs
Le besoin d’appui par une force internationale spécialisée « demandée par le gouvernement haïtien depuis octobre sans réponse concrète: La réalité est que sans ce déploiement international, opérant de manière intégrée avec la Police, les effets très positifs du processus politique et des sanctions resteront fragiles et susceptibles d’être inversés ».
Can the Police Cope Without Foreign Help? y/n
Le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s oldest newspaper founded in 1891, asked its readers
Seven More Police Killed
They were killed defending a police station in the Artibonite on January 25 as 150 gang members stormed it. Since January 10 almost one policeman per day has fallen. Disaffected police threatened the prime minister’s office and the airport. Some arms sent to the police have ended up in the hands of the gangsters. A top reporter of Le Nouvelliste says the police are beginning to crack, but the police chief vows, “Nous n’allons pas baisser les bras.” There has been no follow-up to the sanctions, without which the targeted individuals await the moment to strike back.. Fourteen prisoners were killed in a jailbreak in Gonaïves
What must Be Done for Haiti to Survive?
By the Haiti Democracy Project for the Inter-American Dialogue. Washington is living in a dream world. It believes it can fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian and the Haitian gangs to the last Canadian. It believes that Haiti will conveniently go away next year, a U.S. election year. It’s time to put away these fantasies and concentrate on the few essential, doable tasks we need to do near our border
U.N. Secretary-General’s Warning
“Gang-related violence reached levels not seen in decades . . . Armed gangs sought to expand their influence into neighbourhoods of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area that were considered relatively safe until recently . . . Despite the end of the siege of the Varreux oil terminal, I reiterate the urgent need for the deployment of an international specialized armed force.”
Three Police Killed
A driver was also killed and another policeman injured in Petionville on Friday, January 20. Update: “Face à la puissance de feu des bandits du gang Krazé barrière, 3 policiers ont été tués et un autre porté disparu.” The tragedy is sowing discord between the top brass and the rank-and-file
Programme chargé
Full agenda for 2023: Les femmes candidates ont un programme chargé pour la nouvelle année, notamment le ralliement des candidates dans l’Artibonite, l’aide aux femmes détenues dans de mauvaises conditions au Cap-Haïtien et la lutte contre la violence électorale, en particulier contre les femmes handicapées. The project’s women candidates have a full agenda for the new year including rallying women candidates in the Artibonite, aiding women prisoners held in poor conditions in Cap-Haïtien, and countering electoral violence especially against handicapped women
Entretien avec les femmes maires
Le 16 janvier 2023, les femmes candidates du projet Haïti (RENAFECA) ont rencontré la Fédération des femmes maires haïtiennes à Port-au-Prince pour essayer de placer plus de femmes dans le gouvernement local.
Going Door-to-Door to Stop Cholera
“I have been working in Cité Soleil for eight years. The situation has deteriorated . . . the people are very fearful about the return of cholera.”
Taking Haiti Concerns to the Hill
On December 15, 2022 a Haiti Democracy Project staff delegation saw Rep. James McGovern, chairman of the House Rules Committee, to raise issues of security and migration. Our delegates were Wilby Louis and Rev. Garry Théodate.
Jacques Bernard: Elections the Solution
Marking one-year anniversary of his death. Originator of the Tabulation Center, organizer of the freest and fairest election in Haiti’s history, administrator of the last election to draw a majority of the voters
Lowering the Boom
How a sanctioned senator made himself a multimillionaire in five years, where he got his money, and how he reacted to the news of retribution by Canada and the United States
Tous unis contre les violences sexuelles
Le Regroupement National des Femmes Candidates du Haiti Democracy Project a participé à une conférence des Nations Unies à Port-au-Prince sur la prévention de la violence envers les femmes et l’augmentation du nombre de femmes candidates. Parrainé par l’ONU et le Canada et tenu à l’hôtel Montana.