Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage

Originally published in the Miami Herald. By Jacqueline Charles January 30, 2025 The head of Haiti’s embattled presidential council says he believes that both a reform of the country’s constitution…

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Trump plans to send as many as 30,000 detained migrants to U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo

“When Guantanamo Bay held thousands of Haitians in the 1990s, it functioned as a concentration camp with deplorable conditions, beyond the rule of law,” he said “Reviving this practice, especially to hold people of color, would constitute an outrageous betrayal of our humanity and the rule of law.” - Brian Concannon

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IJDH OpEd: Fabricated claims against Haitians in Springfield must be challenged

Originally published in the Miami Herald.Marleine Bastien and Brian ConcannonSeptember 12, 2024The outrageous accusations snowballing through social and mainstream media against Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are not just malicious, obvious…

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