"Violent attacks and threats waged by a coalition of militarized gangs are among the many risks Haitian journalists face to report the news amid intensifying insecurity in the country’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Yet as a rotating cast of transitional leaders hope to restore order across the Caribbean nation, journalists say a lack of transparency and hostility […]
"In a widely disseminated social media video reviewed by [the Committee to Protect Journalists] (CPJ), [Jimmy ‘Barbecue’] Cherizier — leader of the 'Viv Ansamn' gang coalition that has laid siege to Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince — appeared to offer a $50,000 reward for [Radio TV Caraibes (RCTV) news host Ronald] Desormes’ life as he expressed […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today strongly condemned threats against the personal safety of Haitian journalist and press freedom advocate Joseph Guyler C. Delva, who was forced to suspend his professional activities amid escalating intimidation. Delva, secretary general of SOS Journalistes Haiti and IAPA vice chair of the Committee on Freedom of the Press […]
SOS Journalistes, a press freedom group in Haiti, said it is "scandalized" by authorities' inaction in the case of journalist Jocelyn Justin who is awaiting surgery in Cuba after he was seriously injured in a gang shooting while covering the re-opening of a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Dec. 24, 2024. In a press release, the […]
"SOS Journalistes strongly condemns the Haitian government's irresponsible decision to abandon a seriously injured journalist who is in Cuba receiving necessary medical care. The journalist is Jocelyn Justin, whose lower jaw was shattered by bullets fired by gangs during violent incidents on December 24, 2024, near the General Hospital. The attack left three people dead […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalist is appalled that a Haitian gang has taken over a local radio station, renamed it Radio Taliban FM, and is using it to broadcast propaganda on the troubled Caribbean island. 'We are critically concerned that the chaos in Haiti makes it nearly impossible for anyone — journalists included — to safely go about their […]
“Day after day, journalists report on the violence crisis gripping Haiti, playing a dual role as both victims and witnesses on the ground. The Caribbean nation ranks as the country most likely to allow the murder of journalists to go unpunished, according to a 2024 report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In March, […]
"The Association of Haitian Journalists (AJH for its initials in Creole) reported Sunday the disappearance of two journalists in the city of Mirebalais, amid a growing climate of violence by armed gangs operating with impunity in the country. The International Federation of Journalists categorically repudiates the criminal violence against press workers and calls for their […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arson attacks on at least three TV and radio stations in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince over the last week, as escalating gang violence has caused widescale destruction. Between March 12 and 13, armed gangs from the Viv Ansanm (Living Together) coalition attacked independent stations Radio Télévision Caraïbes […]
"In recent hours, armed gangs attacked the Port-au-Prince facilities of Caribbean Radio and Television (RTVC), Haiti's largest media group, the network reported Thursday [March 13]. As RTCV reported, it had to abandon that facility a year ago in order to continue operating due to the gangs' actions. [...] Photos and videos circulating on social media […]
"Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday [Dec. 24, 2024] in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince's biggest public hospital, the country's online media association said. A police officer was also killed in the attack. Street gangs forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year and authorities […]
"The situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Gang violence has reached unsustainable levels, endangering not only the lives of civilians but also the media's ability to report on the horrors in the country. [...] The press, essential to documenting the crisis and mobilizing international action, is now stymied by gang violence […]