Category Archives: Human rights

Argentina Invokes Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Against Humanity | Argentina invoca la jurisdicción universal para crímenes contra la humanidad

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Marcela Valente, IPS, Periodistas En Español | Princeton Principles of Universal Jurisdiction, Univ. Minnesota Human Rights Library. A judge in Argentina has begun to investigate human rights crimes committed during Spain’s civil war and the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco (between 1936 and 1975). The case is invoking the principle of universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity and has landed in Argentina because Spain’s justice system is not effectively taking action. (English | Spanish)

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Pan-European Backing for Hungarian Journalists on 3rd Week of Hunger Strike | Démonstration pan-européenne pour sauvegarder la liberté de la presse en Hongrie

avatarPosted on by December 20, 2018

PRESS RELEASE, European Federation of Journalists | Contrary Hungarian blog | Christine Dupre, La Libre | Translations by Haiti Chery. The EFJ, which represents over 260,000 journalists in over 30 countries, backs the Hungarian journalists and union workers on a hunger strike since December 10 to protest repression and manipulation of the news.

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Haitian Declaration of Independence, January 1, 1804

avatarPosted on by January 2, 2019

“Vow before me to live free and independent, and to prefer death to anything that will try to place you back in chains. Swear, finally, to pursue forever the traitors and enemies of your independence.” – Jean-Jacques Dessalines, January 1, 1804. In the present day: this means anyone who collaborates with foreign occupiers or even tolerates the presence of foreign soldiers on Haitian soil.

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Rwandans Contributing to UN (De)stabilization of Haiti

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, Defend Haiti | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. One hundred and sixty Rwandans left their country on Monday, December 26, 2011, to replace the first group of Rwandan MINUSTAH police officers, of the same number, deployed nine months before in Jeremie, a Haitian town that was not damaged by the earthquake and needs no stabilization.

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Journalists on Hunger Strike Subjected to Dismissal, Loud Music, Spotlights

avatarPosted on by February 25, 2019

By Jake Blumgart, Dissent Magazine. Phone interview of Jake Blumgart with Balázs Nagy-Navarro: the vice-president of Hungary Television and Filmmakers’ Union and one of several journalists and union members who, on Dec 10, 2011, started a hunger strike to protest media repression.

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At Least 38 Haitian Migrants Drown Near Cuba, 87 Others Rescued | Au moins 38 migrants haïtiens périssent au large de Cuba, 87 autres secourus

avatarPosted on by December 22, 2018

By Staff, AlterPresse | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. After their boat sank off the coast of Cuba, 45 Haitian migrants drowned; 87 were rescued on Saturday, December 24, 2011 by the Cuban Coast Guard. The small boat is estimated to have carried over 160 passengers. (English | French)

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Cuba Announces Massive Prisoner Release, Gradual Ease of Travel Restrictions

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, Xinhua | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The release of 2,000 Cuban prisoners on the anniversary of the release of the Bay of Pigs invaders by Cuba is hardly coincidental. It is now the United State’ turn to free the Cuban 5.

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Rwanda Genocide Organizers Get Life Imprisonment

avatarPosted on by February 25, 2019

By Edwin Musoni, The New Times. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced both Matthieu Ngirumpatse and Edouard Karemera, who were President and Vice-President of Mouvement Révolutionnaire Nationale pour le Développement (MRND) respectively, to life imprisonment for their roles in the 1994 Hutu Genocide against the Tutsi minority.

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Chile to Gradually Withdraw UN Military Contingent from Haiti | Le Chili annonce le retrait progressif de son contingent d’Haïti

avatarPosted on by April 11, 2018

By Wilner Jean Louis, AHP | Staff, Xinhua. “We have proposed to the Latin American Defense Council that during 2012, we will begin to withdraw our troops in gradual, proportional and coordinated ways.” – Chilean Defense Minister Andres Allamand. The plan is to finish this withdrawal by 2016: hardly the reverse of their swift arrival. (English | French)

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Brazilian MINUSTAH Troops Torture Three Haitians Near Death | Trois individus torturés par des agents brésiliens de la MINUSTAH | Soldados Brasileiros da MINUSTAH Torturam Três Haitianos Quase Até à Morte

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By RNDDH Staff, Alter Presse (French) | Defend Haiti (English) | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Enough is enough. No Haitian should render MINUSTAH personnel any more service, and this should continue until we see their backs. On the night of December 13-14, 2011, Brazilian soldiers robbed, undressed, and beat nearly to death three young Haitian men, whose truck broke down after they delivered water to Cite Soleil. (English | French | Portuguese)

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Hungarian Journalists Stage Hunger Strike to Protest Govt Meddling

avatarPosted on by December 20, 2018

By Patrick Glennon, In these Times | Balázs Nagy-Navarro, You Tube. Four journalists and members of Hungary’s Television and Filmmakers Independent Trade Union are in the seventh day of a hunger strike to protest their government’s infringements on free speech.

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U.S. to Sell Arms to Haiti | Les États-Unis comptent vendre des armes à Haiti

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff (gp), AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Director General of Haitian police, Mario Andresol, says the drug traffic in Haiti has intensified, but Assistant Secretary of State for the U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, William Brownfield, says the drug traffic has slowed. Nevertheless they agree that Haiti needs more weapons and militarized police. (English | French)

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Interviews of Sonia Pierre, in Memoriam | Entrevistas de Sonia Pierre, in Memoriam

avatarPosted on by July 30, 2022

By Sonia Pierre, You Tube, Courtesy of Global Fund for Children | RFK Center. Sonia Pierre was the founder and director of Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA). Sonia’s death on Sunday, December 4, 2011 is a great loss to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. (English | Spanish)

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