Chancellor Pierrot Délienne in Dominican Republic

This Wednesday, Haiti, represented by Chancellor Pierrot Délienne participate in Dominican Republic, at the first meeting of foreign ministers and senior officials of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the states of the European Union. An event which brought together 30 ministers and 59 delegations of the participating countries.

Sit-in Lavalas front the CEP

Tuesday, after the demonstration of Monday against the date of the possible second round of presidential elections https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19042-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html , organizations close of Fanmi Lavalas held a sit-in outside the offices of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to denounce the date of January 29 scheduled for the second round which makes it impossible the installation of the next elected President, on February 7, 2017 as provides the Constitution. They denounced an electoral coup in gestation against the candidate of Fanmi Lavalas, Maryse Narcisse.

"A regrettable and dangerous escape"

On Tuesday Gustavo Gallón the independent expert of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Haiti described the escape of 172 prisoners of the civil prison of Arcahaie https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19015-haiti-flash-mutiny-in-arcahaie-172-escaped-many-victims.html as "Regrettable and dangerous. It is also an example of the potential consequences of prison overcrowding [...] according to the information I had, the people who were in that prison were mostly convicted of serious crimes. Having this concentration of people in this situation, and overcrowding that I mentioned, caused or provoked the conditions for the escape [...]"

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19049-haiti-flash-the-pnh-capture-two-escapees.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-19045-haiti-justice-dr-alongside-haiti-in-tracking-down-escapees.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19037-haiti-flash-escape-of-172-detainees-official-version-of-the-pnh.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19015-haiti-flash-mutiny-in-arcahaie-172-escaped-many-victims.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19023-haiti-prison-break-rd-strengthens-the-military-border-controls.html

Dessalinien sit-in front the Court of Cassation

Tuesday the organization "Movement Visionary Dessalinien" conducted a sit-in outside the Court of Cassation to denounce the resolution of 6 judges of the court that require the replacement of the de facto President Privert https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18983-haiti-flash-the-court-of-cassation-request-the-replacement-of-jocelerme-privert.html The demonstrators believe that this resolution is unwelcome in the post-Matthew emergency context and of preparations for elections.

Floral Offering to the fathers of the independence

Monday Manfred Auster, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany newly accredited in Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19038-haiti-diplomacy-new-german-ambassador-to-haiti.html presented a floral offering in honor of the fathers of the independence of Haiti, to the Haitian National Pantheon, He then made a tour in the exhibition halls of MUPANAH at the invitation of Mrs. Michèle G. Frisch, the Museum's Director General. Prior to run this new position, Ambassador Auster was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Delegation of the European Union in Ottawa.

HL/ HaitiLibre