In Port-Au-Prince this week, Police attempted to suppress student protests, whose demands included adequate reforms to Haiti’s State University and for the President to publish the law fixing minimum wage at 200 gourdes. Police arbitrarily arrested students and used force and excessive amounts of tear gas, resulting in numerous collateral victims. The Platform of Haitian Organizations for the Defense of Human Rights (POHDH) deplores these events.
The Platform would like to point out that (...)
La Plate-forme des Organisations Haïtiennes des Droits Humains (POHDH) s’insurge contre le climat délétère qui s’instaure dans le pays depuis plus d’une semaine. En effet, suite au mouvement de protestation des étudiants exigeant la promulgation par l’exécutif de la loi sur le salaire minimum fixé à 200 gourdes et des réformes adéquates au sein de l’Université d’Etat d’Haïti, les forces de l’ordre ont intervenu pour réprimer avec rigueur en procédant à des arrestations arbitraires, en faisant usage abusif de gaz (...)
The civil society organizations that were present at Carlo Merilus’ funeral on May 16th in Berlanger (Communal Section of Verettes in the Artibonite) advocated that the State meet the victim’s family’s social and economic needs.
These organizations requested that the State ensure that Carlo Merilus’ family receives justice and reparations. They also encouraged the Haitian government to require that Dominican authorities respond appropriately to the violations, abuse and physical aggression (...)
