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Video of U.N. Peacekeepers’ Sexual Assault of Haitian Prompts Calls to Focus...

Interviewed by: Ansel Herz, Democracy Now   The commander of the Uruguayan Navy’s United Nations mission in Haiti has been dismissed after the circulation of a video that allegedly shows Uruguayan...

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Watch Democracy Now’s Inter­view with IJDH Direc­tor Brian Con­can­non Speak...

Democracy Now! November 8, 2011 Exclusive: 5,000 Haitian Cholera Victims Sue U.N. After Deadly Epidemic Kills 6,000, Sickens 450,000 Attor­neys file peti­tion request­ing repa­ra­tions for neg­li­gent...

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Haiti: Hundreds March to Demand Cholera Reparations on International Women’s Day

Democracy Now! (Haiti/cholera is mentioned at 10:10) In Haiti, hundreds have marched in the capital Port-au-Prince calling on the United Nations to pay reparations for the cholera epidemic that’s...

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Beatrice Lindstrom Courthouse Interview on Cholera Hearing

In this brief interview, Beatrice Lindstrom, attorney for the plaintiffs, explains why the October 23 hearing took place. Democracy Now! also gives some brief background information. Part of the text...

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Dominican Republic’s Mass Deportations May Set Dangerous Precedent

In September 2013, a Dominican Republic (DR) Constitutional Court issued a ruling that rendered hundreds of thousands of immigrant’s descendants stateless. The largest population affected by this...

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TPS Extension Is in Both Haitian and U.S. Interests

Marleine Bastien, the Executive Director of Haitian Women of Miami, discusses the importance of  extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 50,000 legally residing in the U.S. In December...

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