Haiti: Persecution and death threats to camp activist & human rights lawyer - 0 views
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On April 13th the camp residents received a visit from Renold Georges who claimed to be the owner of the land. He threatened to burn and bulldoze the camp if they did not leave the camp. The following Monday a section of the camp was set on fire by two motorcyclists, possibly in the hope of keeping Renold Georges promise to destroy the whole camp.
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The police arrested two camp residents, Meril Civil and Darlin Lexima who was released after 24 hours. Lexima reported to the camp lawyers that he was beaten and that he believed Civil was also beaten. According to the police, Civil was taken to the hospital but died. However, Lexima believes he was killed in the police station and was already dead when he arrived at the hospital.
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Elie is well known to the Commissariat Delta Force as he was arrested in August following floods brought about by Hurricane Sandy. The camp residents were protesting about the flooding in the camp, the lack of water and the many tents which were destroyed. Elie spent three days in police custody during which time he was severely beaten. He was released after the court threw out the case for lack of evidence. He believes the police and particularly the Delta force have a vendetta against him.
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