‘Terrorist and brutal’: Two Haitian journalists killed by terrorists | Freedom of the Press

Wilguens Louissaint and Amady John Wesley were killed by pirates outside Port-au-Prince on Thursday.

Journalists and freedom fighters have strongly condemned the killing of two Haitian journalists by a terrorist group outside the capital Port-au-Prince, as the Caribbean continues to be unstable. increased violence.

Wilguens Louissaint and Amady John Wesley were shot dead on Thursday, Radio Ecoute FM told AFP. A third journalist, who was present at the time, fled.

Mu a words wrote Thursday on the radio’s Facebook page, Director General Francky Attis said Wesley had been beaten and burned alive by “armed robbers” in Boule 12 area while explaining security in the area.

“We strongly condemn this heinous crime, which seriously undermines the rights of all people, and especially to the media, in particular to carry out their duties freely in this country,” Attis said.

Haiti has experienced a spate of terrorist attacks July execution President Jovenel Moise, and the armed forces that are directing all areas and highways in and around the capital.

Laboule 12, where the three journalists broadcast Thursday, is the story of a deadly war between several armed militants trying to control them.

The route through the region is the only route to the southern half of the country except the main road, which has been under control since June by one of Haiti’s most powerful terrorist groups.

The world has seen it again the amount of theft for ransom last year, Haiti recorded about 950 kidnappings in 2021, according to the Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights, based in Port-au-Prince.

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has vowed to crack down on terrorists, saying in October that “there is no real solution to the world’s ills that can only be seen if we do not prepare ourselves and have the courage to fight back.”

But the violence continued, and Henry was forced to flee a shooting in the north of the Gonaives last week.

Seeking justice

The impunity of the criminals shows the weakness of the criminal justice system in Haiti, where the investigation is not successful.

The April 2000 assassination of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique, the island’s most popular journalist at the time, has not been resolved.

In June, Haitian journalist Diego Charles was killed along with anti-terrorist activist Antoinette Duclair and 13 others in Port-au-Prince. The shooters were also not identified by police.

On Friday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned the killing of the two journalists on Laboule 12 this week and called on Haitian officials to “cover up the plot and bring the perpetrators to justice.”

“The working conditions of journalists in Haiti are deteriorating in recent years,” says a press release he said on Twitter.

This was the case with Attis, director of Radio Ecoute FM, in Montreal, Canada, which has a large population of Haiti.

“In the face of increasing levels of insecurity, crime and impunity,” he wrote in a statement on Thursday, “we call on the relevant authorities to take responsibility for their actions, to ensure the best possible security for all.”