New threats to inquiry into assassination of journalist Jean Dominique
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Justice Gary Lissade, RSF expressed its profound concern following the uncovering of an assumed plot to assassinate Judge Claudy Gassant, who is overseeing the inquiry into the assassination of journalist Jean Dominique, and Senator Prince Pierre Sonson, who has been calling for justice in the case for […]
IAPA seeks protection for judge in case of murdered journalist
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 17 May 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA Seeks Protection for Judge in Haiti Journalist Murder Case President Aristide asked to meet with IAPA delegation to continue inquiries and sign the Declaration of Chapultepec MIAMI, Florida (May 17, 2001) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has told Haitian President […]
Investigation into assassination of journalist Jean Dominique impeded again
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, RSF expressed its concern about the reduction in security measures for Judge Claudy Gassant, who is leading the investigation into the 3 April 2000 assassination of Jean Dominique, director of Radio Haïti Inter. The organisation asked that the judge’s security detail be reinforced immediately. “It is […]
Three radio stations attacked
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of the Interior Henri-Claude Ménard, RSF protested the attacks on Radio Vision Nouvelle, Radio Lumière and Radio Vision 2000, during which Fritz Antoine Jean, Radio Vision Nouvelle’s guard, was killed and two other watchmen were injured. RSF asked for an inquiry into each of these incidents in order […]
RSF releases report on the investigation into journalist Jean Dominique’s murder
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: “Who killed Jean Dominique ?” 3 April 2000 – 3 April 2001 “If they murdered him, they can murder any journalist” A year after the killing on 3 April 2000 of the well-known Haitian journalist Jean Dominique, Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders – RSF) publishes […]
IAPA publishes Internet report on investigation into journalist’s murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 14 March 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA Investigation of Haitian Journalist’s Murder Released on the Internet Miami (March 14, 2001) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today released a report on its investigation into the murder of Haiti’s prominent radio journalist, Jean Leopold Dominique. Dominique, who was slain […]
Radio Plus journalist Gerard Denoze killed
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 20 December 2000 letter to Haitian President René Préval, IPI strongly condemned the killing of a journalist in Haiti. According to information before IPI, Gerard Denoze, who covered sports for Radio Plus, was shot dead with a 9 mm handgun by two men as he got out of a taxi in […]
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 […]