More photos
                

In Cap-Haitien, Haiti, a gigantic demonstration against thug Jean-Bertrand Aristide, his totalitarian dictatorship, and abject poverty - September 14, 2003

                                          
cap h protest 14.jpg (37163 bytes)
Thousands partake in a march through the streets of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, demanding the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide organized by opposition groups on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The march drew thousands of opposition supporters who protested President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government and clashed with a counter-demonstration in Haiti's second largest city. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                    
cap h protest 1.jpg (23297 bytes)
A man walks by the wall of a UN World Food Program office in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, covered with fresh graffiti which says 'Down with the OAS [Organization of American States]!' and 'Down with Lavalas [the party of President Jean-Bertrande Aristide]' on Monday, September 15, 2003, the day opposition and civic groups had called a general strike called for the North department to protest the government and the police to allowing yesterday's protest march to be blocked by pro-government demonstrators. The strike was not respected. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                 
cap h protest 2.jpg (25144 bytes)
A woman charcoal vendor selling her wares as usual on the streets of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Monday, September 15, 2003, despite a general strike called for today for the North department by opposition and civic groups to protest the government and the police who they say allowed yesterday's protest march to be blocked by pro-government demonstrators. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                  
cap h protest 3.jpg (22251 bytes)
Members of Haiti's opposition -- from left to right, Marie-Denise Claude of the Haitian Christian Democratic Party, attorney Rene Julien, former Port-au-Prince mayor and Democratic Convergence leader Evans Paul, and Robert Lalane, leader of the North Opposition Front coalition and owner of Cap-Haitien's Radio Maxima -- who organized an anti-government protest march in Cap-Haitien yesterday meet to plan their next steps in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Monday, September 15, 2003.
                                                                     
cap h protest 4.jpg (32914 bytes)
Haitian anti-riot policemen and participants in an anti-government march take cover as pro-government demonstrators throw rocks during a held to demand the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, September 14, 2003. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                  
cap h protest 5.jpg (26600 bytes)
Haitian anti-riot policemen block pro-government demonstrators wearing shirts decorated with photos of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who were harrassing an anti-government march which demanded the president's resignation in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, September 14, 2003. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                
cap h protest 6.jpg (19774 bytes)
Haitian anti-riot policemen take a pro-government demonstrator -- his shorts' pockets full of rocks -- away from the the cemetary wall after they caught him throwing rocks at an anti-government march which demanded the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, September 14, 2003. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                               
cap h protest 7.jpg (23487 bytes)
An anti-government demonstrator tramples posters bearing the image of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he runs away from police pepper gas during an anti-government demonstration in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, September 14, 2003. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                   
cap h protest 8.jpg (23028 bytes)
Anti-government demonstrators run away from police pepper gas during a demonstration held in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, to demand the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
Wehaitians.com, the scholarly journal of democracy and human rights
More from wehaitians.com
Main / Columns / Books And Arts / Miscellaneous