The Collective of Lawyers for the Defense of Human Rights denounces the latest burglaries in the Port-au-Prince courthouse. For the General Coordinator of the CADDHO, these acts only aggravate the fate of the incarcerated persons, notably those in extended pre-trial detention.
In a press conference on Thursday, June 9, 2022, the General Coordinator of CADDHO said he sees in the repeated burglaries perpetrated in the Port-au-Prince courthouse, the worsening of the situation of incarcerated persons, especially those in extended pre-trial detention. The lawyer invites the State authorities to assume their responsibility, while recommending the relocation of the Port-au-Prince courthouse as desired by the capital’s lawyers.
The Southern Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RSDDH) and the Southern Organization for the Defense of Rights and Haitian Citizens (OSDDCH) also deplore the increase in the rate of prolonged pre-trial detention in the civil prisons of Cayes.
The Southern Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RSDDH) and the Southern Organization for the Defense of Rights and Haitian Citizens (OSDDCH) report that 900 prisoners have not had the chance to see their natural judge in accordance with the law. These structures plead for an agreement between the lawyers of the bar and the government commissioner of Cayes to resolve this injustice.
At the same time, the Executive Director of the RSDDH expressed his indignation at the murder of young Gregory Oscar, the day after the popular demonstration that took place in support of Commissioner Ronald Richemond. It urges Ronald Richemond to put public action in motion against all those involved in the death of this citizen.
Gregory Oscar, a resident of the United States, was killed by police officers in civilian clothes on Tuesday night after being targeted by local residents in a land dispute, confirms the head of the public prosecutor’s office in Cayes.
The victim, who had just returned home, received three projectiles after being hit with a stick by individuals at the level of Pont Sant in the city of Cayes. This act is the consequence of a land conflict.
The government commissioner of Cayes, Ronald Richemond, said he sent a letter to the police asking them to bring the two officers involved in the crime to justice. Two lawyers members of the Cayes and Coteaux Bar Associations will also be prosecuted in this case, announces Ronald Richemond, who promises to make justice triumph.
In addition, the government commissioner of Cayes denounced a network of spoliators operating in the South department.
Several authorities, including notaries, surveyors, lawyers and judges, have been identified as members of this network, according to Ronald Richemond, who reports on a complex case.
Several compatriots of the diaspora who own land and houses in the South Department are already victims of this network,” said Ronald Richemond.
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