Overview

IJDH and BAI lawyers rep­re­sent polit­i­cal pris­on­ers in chal­lenges to ille­gal deten­tion and civil claims in both domes­tic and inter­na­tional fora to seek redress for harm suf­fered dur­ing incar­cer­a­tion. Many of our clients, includ­ing those high­lighted below, were impris­oned by the Interim Gov­ern­ment of Haiti, which assumed power after the 2004 coup d’etat against Pres­i­dent Jean-Bertrand Aris­tide. Most of these arrests are believed to be arbi­trary: unlaw­ful and based on polit­i­cal grounds and on trumped-up crim­i­nal charges.

Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers Rep­re­sented by the BAI and IJDH

• Annette Auguste
• Ronald Dauphin
  
• Fr. Ger­ard Jean-Juste
• Bob Moliere
• Yvon Nep­tune

Gen­eral Resources/Articles on Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers in Haiti

• Pho­tos of Amanus Maette Release , –April 26, 2007
• The For­mer Deputy of St. Marc, Amanus Maette Is Released , –Wad­ner Pierre, April 26, 2007
• Many polit­i­cal pris­on­ers still held in Haiti’s jails , –People’s Weekly World, Feb­ru­ary 9, 2007
• More Delays in La Sci­erie Case , –AHP, Jan­u­ary 24, 2007
• Par­tial Polit­i­cal Pris­oner List , –Bureau des Avo­cats Inter­na­tionaux, Decem­ber 2006
• Rul­ing on La Sci­erie case expected early Decem­ber , –AHP, Novem­ber 30, 2006
• Open Let­ter to the Min­is­ter of Jus­tice Rene Magloire Demand­ing the Release of Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers, - Octo­ber 19, 2006
• National Lawyers Guild Calls on Haiti’s Elected Gov­ern­ment to Release Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers Remain­ing From the Latortue Dic­ta­tor­ship, — Press Release, Octo­ber 25, 2006
• Let­tre ouverte au Min­istre de la Jus­tice pour exiger la lib­er­a­tion des Pris­on­niers poli­tiques dont l’ancien Depute Amanus MAETTE, - 19 Octo­bre 2006Haiti’s Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers Exem­plify Chal­lenges of Demo­c­ra­tic Tran­si­tion’, — Power and Inter­est news Reporter, Sep­tem­ber 11, 2006
• Haiti’s Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers: Not Pres­i­dent Preval’s Fault, But They Are His Prob­lem, - Brian Con­can­non Jr., JURIST, August 31, 2006
• Haiti: Bring to Trial Or Release All Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers, –Amnesty Inter­na­tional, August 1, 2006
• Please Sign the Open Let­ter to the Hait­ian Author­i­ties on Behalf of Jus­tice for Yvon Nep­tune, –July 10, 2006
• Par­lia­men­tar­i­ans denounce sub-human con­di­tions fac­ing detainees incar­cer­ated in Port-au-Prince’s pris­ons, –AHP, July 6, 2006
• Canada-Haiti Action Net­work State­ment on Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers, –June 30, 2006
• Analy­sis of Appeals Hear­ing for Annette Auguste and oth­ers accused in Decem­ber 5, 2003 vio­lence, –June 20, 2006
• La Deci­sion de la Cour d’Appel dans le Dossier de la Sci­erie, - 13 juin, 2006
• Appel dossier la Sci­erie: Req­ui­si­toire defin­i­tif du Min­is­tere Pub­lic, - 16 juin, 2006
• Another Day of Delays in La Sci­erie Appeals Case, - AHP — May 14, 2006
• Ordon­nance de Ren­voi du Juge Mimose Jan­vier, - 6 avril 2006
• Kolek­tif Fanmy Pri­zonye Weekly Demon­stra­tion, - April 11, 2005 — Maren Dobberthien
• U.N. accuses Haiti of mas­sive ille­gal deten­tions, - Reuters — April 6, 2006
• UN Mis­sion Con­demns Hait­ian Jail­ings, - AP — March 31, 2006
• IJDH Polit­i­cal Pris­oner Mem­o­ran­dum, - Feb­ru­ary 2, 2006
• Analy­ses of Court Order Free­ing Three Polit­i­cal Pris­on­ers Held in Decem­ber 5, 2003 Case, — April 13, 2006