In a note the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Affairs expresses its deep dismay at the murder committed on Wednesday 11 February, of Claude Jean Harry (aka "Tulile"), a Haitian national shoeshine, found hanged in a public square in the city of Santiago in the Dominican Republic https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13166-haiti-social-haitian-assassinated-found-dead-hanged-on-a-tree-in-dr.html

"The Government of the Republic condemns this odious crime committed in a context particularly marked by an anti-Haitian campaign and abusive repatriations of Haitian migrants in an irregular situation in the Dominican Republic."

and abusive repatriations of Haitian migrants in an irregular situation in the Dominican Republic. "

Very alarmed by these facts, Duly Brutus, the Minister of Foreign Affairs convened Thursday at the Chancellery, the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Haiti, His Excellency Ruben Silie Valdez with whom he discussed.

According to the note "During this conversation, the Haitian Chancellor recalled to the attention of the Ambassador Valdez the treaty obligations of the Dominican Republic and the urgent need for the country to ensure respect for the rights of Haitian nationals and their protection.

In this perspective, instructions have been passed to the Haitian diplomatic mission in the Dominican Republic in order to follow the evolution of the investigation of the Dominican authorities to ensure that all light be shed on this murder [...]"

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Affairs took the opportunity to present to parents, friends and relatives of the victim the sympathy of the Government of the Republic.

For its part, Olicier Pieriche, Minister of Haitians Living Abroad also condemns vigorously this revolting crime, and the affront to the Haitian flag, symbol of our pride, of people's identity, which was burned by a group of Dominican civilians who are against the presence of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13166-haiti-social-haitian-assassinated-found-dead-hanged-on-a-tree-in-dr.html

Before the trend of increasing acts of violence against Haitian nationals in various locations in the Dominican Republic, he invites the Dominican Government to take concrete steps to curb such acts of savagery. He claims that "it is the dialogue and mutual understanding that should guide the two parties in finding solutions to the problems faced by the two countries. Given the fact that we share the same island, we are called to live in harmony with strict respect for human dignity."

HL/ HaitiLibre