Defense
Haiti Commissioner: Police to issue citations for sagging pants
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:37 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Government Commissioner in Port-au-Prince said citations and possibly arrests of persons with 'mauvais comportment' would begin. This advisory targets citizens with sagging pants and even those walking "funny" in the streets, among others, who will now be subject to police citations.
NYPD fires officer who filed lawsuit against department
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- Created on Friday, June 14, 2013 8:39 AM
NEW YORK, USA (defend.ht) - An NYPD officer was fired on Thursday for filing a series of complaints, including a lawsuit against his supervisors for discrimination.
Haiti: Emergency Operations Center opens in North-East, Fort Liberté
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- Created on Thursday, June 06, 2013 11:37 AM
FORT LIBERTE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A three-building complex that will host the Emergency Operations Center for the North Department, in Fort Liberté opened on Wednesday to serve the people of the region in the case of emergencies and natural disasters.
Louisiana National Guardsmen train Haitian officials
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 8:18 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/LNG) - After two weeks of classroom sessions and a practical exercise, a military engagement team from the Louisiana National Guard awarded approximately 34 Haitian government officials with completion certificates at the Directorate for Civil Protection national emergency operations center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 13.
Haiti: Police Chief says No Demonstrations on May 8
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- Created on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:04 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Director of the National Police Godson Orelus said street demonstrations are banned on Wednesday, May 8 when former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will head to the Palace of Justice and is expected to draw thousands of supporters.
Police operation in Jacmel to identify the HIV positive
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- Created on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 11:04 PM
JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht) - Authorities in Jacmel rounded up young girls spending time in the cafés of the city in order to test them for AIDS and according to the Commissioner of Jacmel, Antoine Jean Frero, in the first week, 9 young women regularly found at two of the city's cafés tested positive for HIV.
Haiti: Police say arrest made in Canadian priest shooting
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:39 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Haitian police said that an arrest for the shooting of a Canadian Catholic priest in Delmas last week was made. But police have not provided any details.
Haiti: 4th Smallest Defense Force in the World
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- Created on Friday, April 12, 2013 9:21 AM
BANGALORE, India (defend.ht) - The editorial staff of a newspaper in India has ranked the world's smallest militaries, technically, defense forces, and has ranked Haiti as 4th while astonishingly noting that this is the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Fire Destroys UN Peacekeeper Vehicles in Haiti
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- Created on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:39 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A fire on Monday destroyed a significant part of a United Nations peacekeeper base warehouse of equipment and vehicles.
Police Arrest Kidnappers of Joryn Etienne
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- Created on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 1:58 AM
JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Monday, police in Jacmel arrested 3 individuals involved in the murder of agronomist, Jean Marie Patrice Etienne, and the kidnapping of his nephew, 3-year old, Joryn Siam Etienne in November.
Haiti: Gov't Accused of Establishing Paramilitary Force in Les Cayes
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- Created on Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:22 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A group of dubious individuals, bandits with cases in the hands of justice officials are claiming to be part of a political party of President Michel Martelly, and have implanted themselves as a well-armed paramilitary force of the police department in Les Cayes.
Police arrest 30 aspirants of Haitian Army
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- Created on Sunday, November 25, 2012 3:41 PM
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (defend.ht) - Government Commissioner in Croix-des-Bouquets, Lény Telisma, announced Friday that thirty individuals were arrested for allegedly pretending to be soldiers. 19 of these individuals are still being held for investigation.
Haiti: Police Clash with Protesters Demanding Justice for Murdered Student
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- Created on Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:54 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Director General of the National Police of Haiti, Godson Orelus, on Wednesday accused university students of disturbing public order after four days of violent protests after senior double major Damaël D`Haiti was shot and killed by a police office on Saturday.
Mario Andresol: "I am not on house arrest"
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- Created on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:08 AM
U.S. FBI involved in the case of Clifford Brandt
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- Created on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:45 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has opened an investigation into the case of Clifford Brandt and is working with the National Police of Haiti (PNH) on the dossier that has global reach.
"They lied," says Family of Fallen Security Guard at Martelly Manifestation
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- Created on Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:17 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Family members of Officer Frandieu Jean-Pierre hold serious doubts that the security official who was in the entourage of President Michel Martelly's self-led manifestation Monday died of a heart attack as was first reported that evening.
Politicization of Haitian Police, Human Rights Letter of Caution
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- Created on Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:45 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - "Have you thought, it is not a coincidence, that every time the mandate of MINUSTAH is up to be renewed there is an increase in insecurity?" The Director of the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights, Pierre Esperance, said in an interview on Friday.
Haiti: Godson Orélus Nominated to Replace Mario Andrésol as Chief of Police
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- Created on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:45 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Mario Andrésol has been replaced as Director General of the National Police of Haiti by Godson Orelius, pending senate approval, the National Palace announced on Wednesday.
Haiti: UN Peacekeepers Claim Students Attacked, University Officials Say Provocation
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- Created on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:28 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The UN peacekeeping mission denied on Wednesday that Brazilian peacekeepers tried to violate the space of the State University on June 15, instead saying that it was students who attacked its soldiers throwing rocks and bottles.
Armed Civilians Dislodged, Guy Philippe Denounces
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- Created on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:56 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Superior Council of National Security (CSPN) expressed satisfaction with the May 18th dislodging of armed men and women claiming to be former and aspiring soldiers of the Armed Forces of Haiti. The former Commander of the Liberation Army, Guy Philippe, denounced the operation for having taken place on May 18, Haitian Flag Day in concert with UN peacekeepers.
