Al Jazeera Features Haiti Cholera in Its Anniversary Celebration
Al Jazeera English is celebrating its ten-year anniversary by giving updates on its most memorable documentaries in a series called REWIND. One of those REWIND features is Haiti in a…
UN Secretary General sees Hurricane Matthew’s Destruction
Six years after dumping untreated sewage in earthquake-torn Haiti, the United Nations finally accepted responsibility for introducing cholera. Ban Ki-moon visited hurricane victims in Haiti, after Beatrice Lindstrom of IDJH…
Expectation of fresh cholera outbreak after Hurricane Matthew
In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, officials and experts discuss and examine what the short and long term impacts will be. IJDH's Beatrice Lindstrom discusses the major role cholera will…
“Do black lives matter to Obama?” Activists protest deportations
Activists in Little Haiti protest U.S. deportation policy of Haitians. They call the deportation policy "fickle," because it breaks up families, with some freed and some locked up in detention…
How did the cholera epidemic get so bad, and what’s next?
Journalist Kim Ives and IJDH's own Sienna Merope-Synge discuss the United Nations' role in the cholera epidemic in Haiti in a radio segment on black resistance. This includes discussion of…
Will UN Recognition of Water, Sanitation Rights Translate to Cholera Justice?
The United Nations General Assembly recently recognized water and sanitation access as basic human rights but the UN still hasn't done much to ensure or protect those rights in Haiti,…