Haiti: Four killed as authorities crack down on anti-government protests

By Jaisal Noor & Jacqueline Charles, REAL News, Oct. 2, 2019 The Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles says ordinary Haitians continue to…

Jovenel’s regime is crumbling in the face of popular fury

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Oct. 1, 2019 Port-au-Prince looks post-apocalyptic, reflecting the fierce class war which has raged here since…

Members of Haitian community occupy Justin Trudeau’s office in Montreal

By Ricochet, Sept. 30, 2019 Today Justin Trudeau’s office in the Montreal riding of Papineau was occupied by members of the local Haitian…

What is really behind the crisis in Haiti?

By Keston K. Perry. Al Jazeera, Sept.  For months now, Haiti has been shaken by intensifying protests. A deepening economic crisis and…

Shooting at Haitian parliament surprises few as anti-government protests continue

By Jane Regan, NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America), Sept. 26, 2019 An Associated Press photographer and a security guard were…

Across Haiti, violent confrontations escalate as “victory” nears, opposition says

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Sept. 24, 2019 A senator wildly firing his pistol wounded two outside Parliament. Demonstrators marched up to…

Demands for president’s resignation lead to widespread lockdown

By Samuel Maxime, Haiti Liberté, Sept. 18, 2019 In Port-au-Prince, normally bustling streets were empty as the nation is in a “lockdown…

Canadian law can't punish some peacekeepers for sex misconduct abroad — and the UN isn't happy about it

By Habiba Nosheen & Andrew Culbert, CBC News, Sept. 16, 2019 When the United Nations launched an investigation into the allegation…

As opposition seeks elusive unity: fuel shortages and price hikes spark new demonstrations

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Sept. 4, 2019 On Sep. 2, demonstrators blocked major roads in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, with burning…

Haiti’s Police Chief replaced

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Aug. 21, 2019 President Jovenel Moïse replaced Haitian National Police (PNH) chief Michel-Ange Gédéon with…

Human Rights groups petition IACHR to protect survivors of La Saline massacre

By IJDH Staff, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), August 14, 2019 The Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), a Haiti…

The long legacy of occupation in Haiti

By Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, July 28, 2019 I am writing this in Les Cayes, Haiti, where one of the worst massacres of civilians…

Report blames U.S.-backed regime for Haiti massacres

By Brian E. Muhhamad, The Final Call, July 23, 2019 A new report by the National Lawyers Guild and Haiti Action Committee called “The…

As police capture infamous gang leader, president nominates a new prime minister: Fritz-William Michel

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, July 24, 2019 Besieged Haitian President Jovenel Moïse nominated his fourth prime minister on Mon., Jul. 22:…

Haitian journalist Kendi Zidor survives shooting attempt in Port-au-Prince

By Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), July 22, 2019  The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a shooting attack on…

Human rights team finds US-backed Haitian government culpable in Lasalin massacre

By Haiti Action Committee, San Francisco Bay Review, July 16, 2019 Haiti Action Committee together with the National Lawyers Guild is…