By Dady Chery Haiti Chery According to the International News Safety Institute (INSI), over 100 journalists were killed in 2015, many of them by assassins. However shocking this number might be, it merely gives a glimpse into the savagery that … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. All parties in the case of journalist Gerdy Jeremie’s beating by two agents of Haiti’s paramilitary police (UDMO) came to court on Thursday, December 11, 2014 for a hearing, as agreed. The hearing did not take place, however, because the dean of the court, Robert Cadet, had ordered the premises to be shut down.
Continue reading →By Joseph Serizier (with kft, gp), AlterPresse | Translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Radio Monopole, in Haiti’s city of Cayes, was burned to the ground early in the morning of June 27. In an interview, the CEO Herold Zamor said he had been openly criticized by highly placed people in the government and hypothesized that the fire was an act of arson. (English | French)
Continue reading →By HPN staff, HPN | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) fears for freedom of the press after Martelly threw lewd insults to a journalist and then explained: “I did not like the way I was approached. That’s my answer. That’s all.” (English | French)
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