Attack against Haitian state television: RSF calls for a thorough inquiry
(RSF/IFEX) – In a 7 September 2000 letter to Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, RSF expressed “its concern after the explosives attack on Haitian national (public) television”. The organisation asked that a “thorough inquiry be undertaken into this attack in order to identify and punish the perpetrators”. Robert Ménard, RSF’s secretary-general, noted […]
RSF asks the government to guarantee journalists’ safety
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Jacques Edouard Alexis, RSF protested the ransacking of the offices of the radio station Voix des paysans du Sud (Radyo Vwa peyizan Sid, in Creole) and expressed its concern over the rapid degradation of the press situation in Haiti after four media […]
AMARC condemns assassination of celebrated radio journalist
AMARC has condemned the brutal assassination of celebrated journalist Jean Dominique. On 3 April 2000, the seventy year-old suffered various gun shots on the premises of his own station, Radio Haiti Inter, located in Delmas, next to Port-au-Prince. The radio station’s security guard, Jean Claude Louissaint, was also murdered. According to SICRAD (Service d’Information du […]
RSF denounces threats against private radio station
**Updates IFEX alerts of 5 and 4 April 2000** (RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Jacques Edouard Alexis, prime minister and minister of the interior, RSF expressed its deep concern further to the threats against and intimidation of journalists at the private radio station Radio Vision 2000. In his letter, RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard asked […]
CPJ expresses sadness over journalist’s assassination
**Updates IFEX alert of 4 April 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – In a 4 April 2000 letter to President René Préval, CPJ expressed its deep sorrow over the recent assassination of Jean Léopold Dominique, owner and director of the independent station Radio Haïti Inter, and of the station’s security guard, Jean Claude Louissaint. CPJ called on President […]
RSF condemns assassination of radio director
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Jacques Edouard Alexis, prime minister and minister of the interior, RSF has expressed its “deep concern” further to the assassination of Jean Léopold Dominique, director of the private pro-governmental radio station Radio Haïti Inter. RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard asked the Haitian prime minister to “use [his] influence to ensure […]
Two journalists briefly detained; two others threatened by police
On 29 March 1996, journalists Jean-Marie Mayard and Augustin Frantz were detained briefly by police in the city of Saint-Marc, north of Port-au-Prince. The journalists, who work for Radio Magik FM and Radio Caraibes, respectively, were held for four hours at the city’s police station. The two were also reportedly assaulted by the police. The […]