Recent Feature Articles

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…
Canadian minister of tourism Mélanie Joly is confronted by members of "Solidarité Québec-Haïti #Petrochallenge 2019" at conference in Montreal
By L'info Haiti, July 16, 2019 Monday, January 15th, activists from Solidarité Québec-Haïti #Petrochallenge 2019 (Quebec-Haiti Solidarity…
Report: The Lasalin massacre and the human rights crisis in Haiti
By Judith Mirkinson, National Lawyers Guild & Seth Donnelly, Haiti Action Committee, July 8, 2019 The Lasalin Massacre and the Human…
Differences emerge between the petro-challengers and opposition parties
By Isabelle Papillon, Haiti Liberté, July 10, 2019 On Jun. 21, 2019 at the Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haitian opposition political…
Jovenel Moïse: a president doomed to leave office! (part 2)
By Catherine Champagne, Haiti Liberté, June 26, 2019 Concerning the report of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (…
U.N. investigators say Haitian government condoned massacre that left dozens dead
By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, June 21, 2019 A U.N. human-rights investigation into a November massacre in a poor Haiti slum is…
Jovenel Moïse: a President doomed to leave office!
By Catherine Charlemagne, Haiti Liberté, June 19, 2019 By choice or by force, President Jovenel Moïse will have to step down. He will not…