"On Nov. 1, unidentified gang members broke into the premises of Soleil d’Haïti University and set fire to Radio Émancipation, a university affiliated radio station, in the capital Port-au-Prince, according to its director and local media reports.
The radio’s director and former senator and chief prosecutor for Port-au-Prince, Jean Renel Senatus, informed CPJ that he filed a formal complaint with the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday demanding an investigation, saying that the station learned last week an attack was imminent and moved their equipment to an undisclosed location to be able to continue broadcasting.
Haitian gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, of the gang coalition viv Ansanm (Live Together), has previously threatened the radio station for broadcasting a show hosted by journalist Thériel Thélus, who has been critical of gangs."
