Summary
On February 29, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, was deposed (for the second time) by a U.S.-backed military force. Following reports of serious human rights violations in the aftermath of the coup d'etat that removed him from power, the National Lawyers Guild sent two delegations to investigate. Along with two attorneys and three law students, including Kenavon Carter from the University of Texas, I participated in the second delegation, from April 12-19. The National Lawyers Guild has found that more than 700 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince by the rebel forces, which entered Haiti from the Dominican Republic. As a result of this murderous attack on members of the Fanmi Lavalas party, headed by Aristide, many members and supporters of the former president are in hiding.
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Haiti After the Coup
On February 29, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, was deposed (for the second time) by a U.S.-ba...
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