AHP News - March 19, 2007 - English translation (Unofficial)
The BAI is determined to obtain reparations for the harm done to
former Prime Minister Neptune by the Latortue government
Port-au-Prince, March 20, 2007 (AHP)- The Office of International
Lawyers (BAI) reiterated Tuesday its determination to obtain
enforcement of the decision of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights (IACHR), which demanded that the legitimate government of
Haiti provide reparations and compensation to former Prime Minister
Yvon Neptune
Yvon Neptune was imprisoned for more than two years by the de facto
Boniface/Latortue regime after organizations and individuals close to
that government accused him of involvement in an alleged massacre
said to have perpetrated at La Scierie (St-Marc), however no
compelling evidence that a massacre ever took place has been presented.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), which received a
complaint filed by the BAI, declared in a report last month that the
rights of Mr. Neptune were indeed violated through his illegal arrest
and imprisonment.
Haiti, represented by the constitutionally-elected government, has
four months to respond to the decision of the Court through concrete
actions consisting notably of paying reparations for the harm done to
Mr. Neptune by the interim government and to resolve justice
problems, particularly the matter of prolonged preventive detention.
The members of the interim government and the other sectors involved
in the abuses committed against Mr. Neptune should be brought to
justice, the Court declared.
The case remains before the IACHR pending follow-up action by the
constitutional government, said Mario Joseph, who deplored that
nothing has been done thus far by the Préval/Alexis government
toward the release of the political prisoners.
This attitude by the current government, said attorney Mario Joseph,
proves that it supports all of the illegal and arbitrary acts
committed under the previous government.
He asked the authorities to come to terms with the situation.
The BAI is determined to obtain reparations for the harm done to
former Prime Minister Neptune by the Latortue government
Port-au-Prince, March 20, 2007 (AHP)- The Office of International
Lawyers (BAI) reiterated Tuesday its determination to obtain
enforcement of the decision of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights (IACHR), which demanded that the legitimate government of
Haiti provide reparations and compensation to former Prime Minister
Yvon Neptune
Yvon Neptune was imprisoned for more than two years by the de facto
Boniface/Latortue regime after organizations and individuals close to
that government accused him of involvement in an alleged massacre
said to have perpetrated at La Scierie (St-Marc), however no
compelling evidence that a massacre ever took place has been presented.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), which received a
complaint filed by the BAI, declared in a report last month that the
rights of Mr. Neptune were indeed violated through his illegal arrest
and imprisonment.
Haiti, represented by the constitutionally-elected government, has
four months to respond to the decision of the Court through concrete
actions consisting notably of paying reparations for the harm done to
Mr. Neptune by the interim government and to resolve justice
problems, particularly the matter of prolonged preventive detention.
The members of the interim government and the other sectors involved
in the abuses committed against Mr. Neptune should be brought to
justice, the Court declared.
The case remains before the IACHR pending follow-up action by the
constitutional government, said Mario Joseph, who deplored that
nothing has been done thus far by the Préval/Alexis government
toward the release of the political prisoners.
This attitude by the current government, said attorney Mario Joseph,
proves that it supports all of the illegal and arbitrary acts
committed under the previous government.
He asked the authorities to come to terms with the situation.