29745: Ives (news): Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine on Cite Soleil massacre (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: K M Ives <kives@toast.net>

ANOTHER MASSACRE IN CITE SOLEIL?
Haitian Human Rights Activist Accuses UN of Killing Dozens in Recent Attack on 
Port Au Prince Neighborhood

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/29/1446230
(link provides links to hear or watch  the segment)

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Haitian human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine discusses last week's UN 
raid of Cite Soleil. Published reports put the death toll as high as 17 but 
Pierre-Antoine said the actual death toll could reach 80.
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In Haiti, more than 1000 people marched through the streets of Port Au Prince 
Thursday to protest the presence of UN forces in the country, and to call for 
the return to power of the democratically elected former President Jean 
Bertrand Aristide. Aristide lives in exile in South Africa after his ouster in 
a US-backed coup nearly three years ago.

Thursday's march followed the deaths of as many as seventeen civilians who were 
shot by UN troops in the capital city's impoverished Cite Soleil neighborhood 
last week.

Demonstrators expressed outrage at what witnesses called indiscriminate firing 
by UN forces. Many suggested that the UN's intention was to suppress popular 
support of Aristide and his Lavalas political party.

The UN has denied charges that it fired indiscriminately, saying that it was 
targeting armed gangs involved in recent kidnappings in the city. Under control 
of the UN force, Cite Soleil has been plagued by kidnappings and crime. Well, 
to discuss the situation, we are joined by Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine and Kim 
Ives. Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is a Haitian Human Rights Activist and head of 
the September 30th Foundation - an advocacy group for coup d'etat victims -- 
And Kim Ives is an independent journalist who specializes in Haiti. We welcome 
you both to Democracy Now!

Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Haitian Human Rights Activist. Head of the September 
30th Foundation - an advocacy group for coup d'etat victims. He lives in Haiti 
and has just flown into New York.

Kim Ives, Independent Journalist who specializes in Haiti