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28238: Craig (news)
From: Dan Craig
April 7, 2006
U.N. Aide Criticizes Haiti
By REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 6 (Reuters) — The director of the United Nations'
human rights office in Haiti accused judicial officials and the American-backed
interim government on Thursday of illegally detaining most of the 4,000 people
in jail.
The official, Thierry Fagart, said most of the inmates had not been formally
charged or put on trial by the interim authorities who replaced President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was ousted two years ago.
Mr. Fagart said many detainees, particularly high-profile prisoners, should be
released immediately while investigations and other judicial proceedings
continue.
"There are people who have been in preventive detention more time than provided
by the law if they were sentenced," he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/07/world/americas/07haiti.html