a1522: Re: a1517: Haiti - RSF - "Tradition of impunity" (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: kevin pina <kpinbox@hotmail.com>


Impunity:  deliberate intimidation
Dominique, Haiti's best-known journalist and political analyst, was gunned
down in the courtyard of his radio station on 3 April 2000, along with the
station's gatekeeper, Jean-Claude Louissant.  The famously outspoken
Dominique criticised former soldiers and Duvalierists, the country's wealthy
families and, not long
before his death, those he suspected inside President Aristide's Fanmi
Lavalas (FL) party of wanting to "turn the party away from its original
principles."  In an editorial broadcast on 19 October 1999, he strongly
attacked Dany Toussaint, a leading FL figure.  Dominique's widow, Michèle
Montas, is sure of one thing, that her husband was murdered because "he
couldn't be controlled."


They will never acknowledge or report Jean Dominique's last broadcast in
which he attacked Leopold Berlanger and CNO for attempting to steal the
democratic process in Haiti. They will never acknowledge it or repeat it
again. Selective emphasis is the current rule of law with respect to
reporting the reality of events in Haiti. The false prism of the media,
influenced by U.S. foreign policy, continues unabated. I am sure Mr.
Dominique, with respect for his widow and family, would agree with me.




Best,



kp


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