Haitian and Cuban children, in jail in the Bahamas; no
elections with brutal and corrupt dictator Aristide.- November 5-7, 2003 |
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| Unidentified children and women are seen at the Carmichael Immigrant Detention Centre
during roll call, in New Providence, Bahamas in this August 2002 handout photo provided by
Amnesty International. The Bahamian government is mistreating asylum seekers from Cuba and
Haiti by not giving them forms in their own language and by detaining children for
prolonged periods without much exercise and education, Amnesty International said
Wednesday Nov, 5, 2003. Also, migrant children detained on minor chargessuch as vagrancy
were put into the former British colony's main prison with adult inmates, the report said.
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| Unidentified children and women are seen at the Carmichael Immigrant Detention Centre,
New Providence, Bahamas in this August 2002 handout photo provided by Amnesty
International. The Bahamian government is mistreating asylum seekers from Cuba and Haiti
by not giving them forms in their own language and by detaining children for prolonged
periods without much exercise and education, Amnesty International said Wednesday Nov, 5,
2003. Also, migrant children detained on minor charges such as vagrancy were put into the
former British colony's main prison with adult inmates, the report said. (AP Photo/HO) |
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| French Judge Louis Joinet, United Nations (news - web sites) Independent
Expert in Human Rights named by UN General Secretary Kofi Annan (news - web sites),
speaking to journalists in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during a press conference on Wednesday,
November 5, 2003, after his third investigatory visit to the country, says that the
continually deteriorating human rights situation is 'serious, very serious'. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| U.S. Ambassador to Haiti James B. Foley walks by the Haitian flag at the
U.S. Embassy's Public Affairs office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003,
after giving his first press conference since assuming his post two months ago and after
telling a room full of journalists that the U.S. will not recognize the results of
elections the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government is threatening to call on its own without
the cooperation of opposition political parties and civil society organizations, which he
said would be 'bad elections.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| U.S. Ambassador to Haiti James B. Foley gives his first press conference
since assuming his post two months ago on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, and tells a room full of journalists that the U.S. will not recognize the results
of elections the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government is threatening to call on its own
without the cooperation of opposition political parties and civil society organizations,
which he said would be 'bad elections.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Mary Ravelino, center in the checkered shirt, a member of a pro-goverment
organization called 'Radical,' tells an anti-government protester: 'No matter what,
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will serve out his five years!' as he argues with
protestors at a protest in front of Radio Caraibes, a radio that features many talk shows
that criticize Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday,
Nov. 7, 2003. Some of the protesters defended the government of President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide while others called for his resignation and blamed him for fueling attacks
against the press. Last week the Radio Caraibes building was sprayed with gunfire and no
one was reported hurt. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Unidentified protestors sing: 'OAS (Organization of American States), we
don't want you anymore. You are Aristide's pets!' as they participate in a protest in
front of Radio Caraibes, a radio that features many talk shows that criticize
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2003.
Some of the protesters defended the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide while
others called for his resignation and blamed him for fueling attacks against the press.
Last week the Radio Caraibes building was sprayed with gunfire and no one was reported
hurt. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| An unidentified protestor shouts into a microphone and portable speaker:
'We won't go into elections under Aristide!' as he takes part in a protest in front of
Radio Caraibes, a radio that features many talk shows that criticize Jean-Bertrand
Aristide's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2003. Some of the
protesters defended the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide while others called
for his resignation and blamed him for fueling attacks against the press. Last week the
Radio Caraibes building was sprayed with gunfire and no one was reported hurt. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| An unidentified protestor shouts slogans as he takes part in a protest in
front of Radio Caraibes, a radio that features many talk shows that criticize
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2003.
Some of the protesters defended the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide while
others called for his resignation and blamed him for fueling attacks against the press.
Last week the Radio Caraibes building was sprayed with gunfire and no one was reported
hurt. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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