U.S. Should Let Haiti Reclaim its Democracy
An update from IJDH Executive Director Brian Concannon Haiti’s deepening crisis is a predictable consequence of years of U.S. support for undemocratic regimes as they dismantled Haiti’s democracy. With…
Bòn Ane! Happy New Year & Thank You!
A Message from IJDH Executive Director Brian Concannon From all of us at IJDH and BAI, Happy New Year! This year is a special one for us. It marks the…
“There Are Others With Less”
A Letter from IJDH Executive Director Brian Concannon Like many people in these challenging times, I encounter reasons for discouragement every day. But then I have conversations like a recent…
IJDH’s Brian Concannon Speaks About the Guy Philippe Case on Twazyèm Mitan
On September 12, IJDH Executive Director Brian Concannon spoke on Twazyèm Mitan on VOA Kreyòl about the case of Guy Philippe, a former police officer and leader in the 2004…
IJDH’s Brian Concannon on DW News: Haitians Say “the International Community Needs to Stop Propping Up the Repressive Government”
On DW News, IJDH's Brian Concannon speaks about Haiti's crisis and the need for the international community to stop supporting the repressive de facto government. Watch the interview here, and…
He was mayor of a town in Haiti. Now he has to pay his victims $15M, U.S. court rules
A jury in Boston awarded $15.5 million to victims of a series of brutal attacks against political opponents by the former mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, Jean Morose Viliena, who…