"The Committee to Protect Journalists is disturbed by threats made against journalist Widlore Mérancourt by Haitian gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier over his article about a Reuters journalist giving Cherizier gifts of balaclavas, alcohol, and cigarettes.
'We are very concerned about the threats made against AyiboPost’s editor-in-chief Widlore Mérancourt by the Haitian gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier,' said CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen. 'Haitian journalists are already working in unimaginably difficult conditions. They should not be intimidated simply for doing their jobs and covering matters of public importance.'"
