CPJ has documented the killings of nine journalists since 2021, with six confirmed to have been killed in connection with their work. Since Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021, the country has become one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists. We are all at the mercy of the bandits,” he added. “We are exposed to violence and insecurity like the rest of the population. “We have lived through many dangerous moments in Haiti but nothing ever like this,” CMEL general coordinator, Dieudonné Dantor St Cyr, told CPJ on Monday. Since late July, thousands of residents have fled the area after it came under assault from the powerful Grand Ravine gang led by Renel Destina, known as “Ti Lapli.” Police are reported to have virtually abandoned the neighborhood after they also came under attack and a police substation was burned down in Savane Pistache. The Carrefour Feuilles district is located in the heart of the capital and is home to many journalists. (Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications, Celou Flécher, Arnold Junior Pierre, and Judex Vélima. No one knows when the gangs will appear,” he said.Ĭlockwise from left: Jacques Desrosiers, Celou Flécher, Arnold Junior Pierre, and Judex Vélima. While his house had not been burned, “most of the houses are empty. “People are leaving with whatever belongings they can carry and their personal documents,” he told CPJ.
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