Nine indicted for radio journalist Jean Dominique’s murder 14 years ago
Published on Monday 20 January 2014
Reporters Without Borders
(Read the original article here)
Reporters Without Borders responds with a mix of
satisfaction and prudence to the news that nine people were indicted on
18 January in connection with Radio Haïti Inter owner Jean Dominique’s April 2000 shooting murder, in which the radio station’s security guard, Jean-Claude Louissaint, was also killed.
“We welcome this major judicial step, one that was quite
unexpected after years of paralysis and impunity in a case that was
handled successively by seven investigating judges,” Reporters Without
Borders said.
“The investigation was relaunched on 8 May 2013 when
former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who is reportedly linked to the
nine accused, was questioned as a witness. The different degrees of
responsibility must now be established with precision on the basis of
the depositions of these nine people. Everyone’s cooperation is needed
for this case to proceed. The truth must finally emerge, 14 years after
Dominique’s murder.
“Like SOS Journaliste, we urge the authorities to do
take the necessary steps to ensure that Myrlande Lubérisse appears in
court in Haiti. A former senator for Aristide’s Fanmi Lavalas party, she
is named in Judge Yvikel Dabrésil’s report as the person who ordered
Dominique’s murder. The authorities in the United States, where she now
resides, should authorize her extradition if required.”
The indictments that Judge Dabrésil passed to the
Port-au-Prince appeal court on 18 January also named former
Port-au-Prince deputy mayor Harold Sévère and former Lavalas organizer
and Vaudou priestess Anne “Sò Ann” Augustin, as well as alleged henchmen
Frantz “Franco” Camille, Toussaint Mercidieu, Mérité Milien, Dimsley
“Ti Lou” Milien (now dead, according to some sources), Jeudi “Guimy”
Jean-Daniel and Markington Michel.
The last three escaped from prison in February 2005 after two years in detention.
The Dominique murder case has been politically very
sensitive because of the alleged links to the polarizing figure of
Aristide, who returned to Haiti in March 2011 after years in exile.
Some of the depositions taken by judges and incorporated
into the 18 January report, including the deposition of former Aristide
security chief Oriel Jean, support the theory that Aristide himself
ordered Dominique’s murder because he posed a obstacle to Aristide’s
return to power.
L’ancien président Aristide aurait ordonné l’assassinat de Jean Dominique/Neuf inculpations, dont celle de Mirlande Libérus Pavert, très proche de l’ancien leader lavalas
Publié le vendredi 17 janvier 2014
Radio Kiskyea
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La sénatrice Mirlande Libérus Pavert, résidant actuellement aux Etats-Unis, ex-responsable de la Fondation Aristide pour la démocratie et très proche de l’ancien président Lavalas, est considérée comme l’auteure intellectuelle de l’acte quoique, dans le rapport du magistrat, il est précisé que des témoins-clé, dont l’ex-chef de la sécurité de M. Aristide, Oriel Jean, ont affirmé au Cabinet d’Instruction que ce dernier avait déclaré en leur présence que Mme Libérus avait pour mission de réduire Jean Dominique au silence pour qu’il n’ait pas à contrarier son projet de retour au pouvoir en l’année 2000.
La prêtresse du vodou Annette Auguste, alias Sô Ann, militante lavalas alliée actuellement au président Michel J. Martelly, l’ancien maire adjoint de la capitale Gabriel Harold Sévère, les nommés Frantz Camille alias Franco Camille, Jeudy Jean Daniel, Markenton Michel, Mérité et Dimsley Milien, Toussaint Mercidieu figurent sur la liste des inculpés.
Dans le rapport du juge, Jean-Bertrand Aristide et son ex-chef de sécurité Oriel Jean, sont considérés comme des témoins importants. [jmd/RK]
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