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[25 May 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

Straits Times
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) — PRISONERS are dying in quake-hit Haiti’s largest jail due to ‘alarm­ing’ con­di­tions, human rights groups warned, say­ing that …

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[24 May 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

by Justin T. Stewart

While there was enough chaos being caused as a result of Mother Nature on the coun­try of Haiti with last year’s earthquake, …

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[24 May 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By Guy Adams, The Inde­pen­dent
The United Nations has launched an inves­ti­ga­tion into what it calls “major human-rights vio­la­tions” at an over­crowded jail in …

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[23 May 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

The United Nations peace­keep­ing mis­sion in Haiti is inves­ti­gat­ing reports that dozens of pris­on­ers were shot dur­ing a jail riot soon after the …

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[22 May 2010 | Comments: 0 | ]

By DEBORAH SONTAG and WALT BOGDANICH, New York Times
LES CAYES, Haiti — When the earth shook vio­lently on Jan. 12, the inmates in this southern …