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Calling for “Radical Change,” Former Coup Leader Guy Philippe Triumpha…

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Dec. 6, 2023 The former leader of the “armed wing” of the U.S. and French-backed coalition which drove President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power in February 2004, Guy Philippe, 55, was returned to Haiti along with 16 other Haitian deportees on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security-chartered flight from Alexandria, LA to Port-a…
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Haiti and Palestine: Small Nations but Symbolically Huge

By Berthony Dupont, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 15, 2023 We have entered a tumultuous period in world history where we are witnessing in real time the collapse of the U.S. Empire faced with the rising independence and power of nations that were either formerly oppressed colonies or nearly so at the turn of the last century. China and Russia, respectively the large…
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CARICOM Eminent Person's Group criticizes "zero-sum" ap…

By Robenson Geffrard, Le Nouvelliste, Nov. 21, 2023 The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) has decided not to dismiss its three missions to Haiti in recent months, aimed at encouraging politicians to reach a political agreement, as a failure. Instead, it commented on the "zero-sum" approach used by the political players at the various meetings. In a positi…
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CARICOM's Eminent Persons Group submits a proposal to political p…

By Robenson Geffrard, Le Nouvelliste, Nov. 24, 2023 This new proposed Accord from the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) calls for a transition of 18 months from the acceptance of the Accord. During this transition, Prime Minister Ariel Henry would remain in the Primature and the Transitional Council and "will be endowed with presidential powers to the ext…
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New Canadian ambassador says "stars begin to align" in Haiti

By Valérie Gamache, radio-canada.ca, Nov. 18, 2023 André François Giroux, Canada's new ambassador to Port-au-Prince, believes the public impatience shown by Canada and Caribbean leaders towards Haiti's Prime Minister-designate, Ariel Henry, is starting to pay off.he says in an interview with Radio-Canada. "I think we can say with some pride that the messag…
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Saudi Arabia signs two developmental Framework Memorandum of Understan…

By Saudi Gazette, Nov. 18, 2023 The Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) were signed by Saudi Fund for Development's (SFD) CEO Sultan Al-Marshad, the Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica Kamina Johnson Smith, in the presence of Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The MoU signed with the tw…
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Ariel Henry is taken to court by local and diaspora lawyers

By Rezo Nodwes, November 15, 2023 On November 6, 2023, Èzili Dantò's Réseau des avocats haïtiens and Evel Fanfan's Actions des Organisations Motivées pour une Haïti dirigée par le Droit (AUMOHD) filed a complaint against Ariel Henry's government for requesting the entry of foreign troops into Haiti. They argue that this request contradicts the Haitian Const…
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Intention to prosecute Canadian officials for aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes

By Just Peace Advocates & Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI), Action Network, November 2023

HOLDING CANADA ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMPLICITY WITH WAR CRIMES

The following petition will be shared with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in support of a notice of intention to seek prosecution of Canadian government officials for aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza.

You can read the full notice here.

BACKGROUND

The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians Legal Working Group for Canadian Accountability (ICJP LWGCA) has issued a notice to the Government of Canada of its intention to prosecute Canadian officials for their role in aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes.

The notice was issued on November 16 to Prime Minister…

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