[News] Haiti - Denounce Attempted Assassination of President Aristide

[Anti-Imperialist News]

*Haiti Action Committee Denounces the Attempted Assassination of Former 
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide *

Yesterday, there was an assassination attempt against former president 
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s first democratically elected president. 
President Aristide had been summoned to appear as a witness in a court 
case. While returning from court, his motorcade was attacked by armed 
Haitian police. A number of people were injured in the attack. Mass 
protests against the police broke out immediately.

In the wake of the electoral coup which installed Jovenal Moise, a 
right-wing protégé of former President Michel Martelly, as Haiti’s new 
president, there has been a marked increase in repression directed 
against grassroots activists.

This attack on President Aristide signals a new stage of terror in 
Haiti.  It harkens back to the days of the Duvalier dictatorships. Human 
rights activists and all supporters of democracy in Haiti need to 
condemn this attempted assassination and demand that those who committed 
this act be brought to justice.

sent by Haiti Action Committee
www.haitisolidarity.net <http://www.haitisolidarity.net>


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