"Haitian authorities must investigate the recent shooting of radio commentator Brown Larose and take steps to ensure that journalists can work freely in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday [Aug. 16]. At about 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 11, an unidentified man wearing a police uniform shot Larose six times outside his home in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, the capital, according to news reports and two of Larose’s colleagues, who spoke with CPJ.
Larose, who hosts the weekly radio program ‘Pawòl Geto’ (Ghetto Talk) on the local broadcaster Radio Tele Éclair, was in stable condition as of Tuesday evening, Radio Tele Éclair host Louko Desir told CPJ. Radio Tele Éclair often criticizes the government’s handling of the ongoing security crisis in Haiti, and has reported on recent anti-government protests, Desir told CPJ.
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‘The continuing violence in Haiti is stifling reporters’ abilities to work freely and is making it impossible for Haitians to safely go about their lives,’ said CPJ Latin America and the Caribbean Program Coordinator, Cristina Zahar, in São Paulo. ‘Authorities must thoroughly investigate the recent shooting of radio commentator Brown Larose and take steps to ensure that anyone who attacks a journalist is held to account.’"
