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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.