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25301: Hermantin(news)GROUP CALLS FOR PROBE INTO RAIDS (fwd)
From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>
HAITI
GROUP CALLS FOR PROBE INTO RAIDS
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A slum-based human rights group demanded an investigation
Sunday into reports that Haitian police shot and killed at least four people
and burned 12 homes during raids to root out gang members in a slum filled with
supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
''We deplore these actions and demand they be investigated,'' said Jean Yves
Altemar, a member of Collective Reflection for the Defense of Human Rights, a
group that documents rights abuses in Port-au-Prince's slums.
The group also accused U.N. peacekeepers of doing nothing to stop police from
opening fire on civilians in Saturday's raids in Bel Air.