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‘I’ll be killed if they find me’: Radio reporter Maxo Dorvil flees Haiti amid gang violence

CPJ 27 Nov 2023
Haitian radio journalist Maxo Dorvil fled the country on November 7, 2023, after reporting that he was shot at twice in less than two weeks near his home on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince. The 44-year-old journalist with the independent broadcaster Radio Télé Zip said ...
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In Haiti, murders of journalists go unpunished amid instability and gang violence

CPJ 31 Oct 2023
Dumesky Kersaint never flinched when it came to investigating violence in his gang-controlled suburb of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince ... A gang member points an imaginary weapon at a rival on a corner that serves as a divider between gang-controlled territories, in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
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‘The man was circulating among us every day’: How cops nabbed Haiti assassination suspect

Hastings Tribune 26 Oct 2023
Ernst Dorfeuille, a Haitian police officer dressed in plain clothes, was walking out of Big Star Market in the hills of Port-au-Prince on Oct ... And then, over the radio, came ... Hérold Jean Francois, a local journalist and director of Radio Ibo in Port-au-Prince, was among those inside the Big Star Market on the day of the arrest.
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Journalist kidnappings on the rise in Haiti as violence spikes

CPJ 24 Oct 2023
On June 20, Pierre-Louis Opont, president of Haiti’s independent Télé Pluriel channel 44, was kidnapped a week after the brief abduction of his wife, Marie Lucie Bonhomme, a veteran journalist for Radio Vision 2000, in Port-au-Prince’s Tabarre neighborhood ... of Port-au-Prince.
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Haitian radio journalist’s home destroyed in arson attack

CPJ 31 Aug 2023
On August 23, unidentified armed individuals set fire to Pierre’s home and several other houses in the Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ, and his employer, the local independent broadcaster Radio Télé Galaxie.
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Tropical Storm Franklin bears down on Haiti, Dominican Republic

Al Jazeera 22 Aug 2023
Authorities have warned residents of Haiti and the Dominican Republic of possible landslides and flooding as Tropical Storm Franklin approaches ... In the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Jerome Jean-Pierre, who sells cold sodas from a wheelbarrow, said he heard about Franklin on the radio and planned to stay indoors ... .
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Haitian Journalists at Risk From Arson, Kidnapping, Attack

Voa News 31 Jul 2023
About 50 men armed with assault-style rifles attacked the town of Liancourt, about 110 kilometers from the capital, Port-au-Prince, in the early ... On July 21, unidentified people kidnapped radio host Blondine Tanis near her Port-au-Prince home, demanding a ransom for her return.
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US orders embassy staff, US citizens to leave Haiti as gang violence escalate

Eagle-Tribune 29 Jul 2023
is ordering non-emergency staff at its embassy in Port-au-Prince to leave Haiti, after an escalation in gang violence this week led dozens of Haitian families to seek refuge outside of the embassy compound in the Tabarre neighborhood of the capital ... In addition to the violence in Tabarre, gangs have also launched attacks outside of Port-au-Prince.
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U.S. citizens, embassy staff ordered to leave Haiti as gang violence escalates

The Spokesman-Review 28 Jul 2023
is ordering non-emergency staff at its embassy in Port-au-Prince to leave Haiti, after an escalation in gang violence this week led dozens of Haitian families to seek refuge outside of the embassy compound in the Tabarre neighborhood of the capital ... In addition to the violence in Tabarre, gangs have also launched attacks outside of Port-au-Prince.
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Haitian radio reporter Blondine Tanis kidnapped amid wave of abductions

CPJ 26 Jul 2023
Unidentified people kidnapped Tanis, a host on the local broadcaster Radio Renovation FM, on the afternoon of July 21 as she was arriving at her home in the Delmas neighborhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to news reports and Radio Renovation FM editor-in-chief Celou Flécher, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app.
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Former head of Haiti’s electoral council kidnapped

The Spokesman-Review 23 Jun 2023
He was approaching his front gate in the suburb of Tabarre, where the U.S ... Opont is the husband of prominent Haitian journalist Marie Lucie Bonhomme, who hosts a news program on Port-au-Prince-based Radio Vision 2000 ... She was released several hours later.
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2 journalists killed in Haiti as gang violence spikes

The Grio 29 Apr 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two local journalists have been killed in Haiti over the past couple of weeks as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 29 Apr 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Two local journalists have been killed in Haiti over the past two weeks as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas ... Kersaint was an online journalist for Radio Tele INUREP, according to local media reports ... Jean worked for Radio-Tele Evolution Inter, it said.
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Two journalists killed in Haiti as gang violence spikes

Jamaica Observer 28 Apr 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two local journalists have been killed in Haiti over the past couple of weeks as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas ... Jean worked for Radio-Tele Evolution Inter, it said.
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Two more journalists killed in Haiti as gang violence continues to rage

The Guardian 28 Apr 2023
... past month as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas.
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