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Haiti Research Document
This document was created to share resources used for the WRN “Haiti Update” video published on March 11, 2019. It will also collect all future research regarding Haiti from here on out. I try to at least double-source everything I put in a report. It’s not an especially “clean” system yet, but I’m trying to improve and maintain complete transparency and accessibility in my research while also building MANY skills on top of constant research, so please forgive me for being a bit messy on this end so far. PLEASE let me know if there are any questions/corrections about my sources/reporting by emailing me at MediaAutonomy@Gmail.com, and giving sources for the corrections.
Phase 2 Research: (Initial research for WRN “Haiti Update” Report)
Haiti
Heavily Armed US Citizens arrested
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article226475635.html
Lots of details leaked by mad Haiti politician (Youri Latortue, leader of the Senate Ethics Committee, )
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-seeks-consular-access-for-americans-arrested-in-haiti/4794919.html
Supposed instagram post of arrested merc
Deleted ig post link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuMVkZdgkCJ/
MercsDetained
Mercs in airport
https://twitter.com/HaitiInfoProj/status/1098365321579130880
Merc getting on plane:
https://twitter.com/AcrossMediums/status/1098717904927809537
“Task and Purpose” Investigation:
https://taskandpurpose.com/americans-detained-haiti
https://taskandpurpose.com/navy-seal-haiti-arrest
https://taskandpurpose.com/chris-osman-haiti-statement
Time:
http://time.com/5531980/americans-arrested-haiti-weapons/
Phase 3 reasearch:
https://truthout.org/articles/why-has-haiti-risen-up-once-again/
Long form article about US/UN interference with Haiti
UN support Haiti police
https://minujusth.unmissions.org/en/police-0
NPR story on the mercenaries arrested
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/696205723/arrest-of-heavily-armed-former-u-s-military-members-in-haiti-sparks-many-questio
Reports from January about men in ski masks ith police uniforms killing (targeting?) civilians.
https://www.apnews.com/d99258d01cce4b84a01e04b4eaff7236
However, Jean Fritz Jean-Louis, for his part, told Marvel Dandin that these individuals are part of an international firm working for the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH).
https://twitter.com/HaitiInfoProj/status/1103113306242408448
On Sunday March 3rd, coffins of protestors killed by police are brought out to block busy thoroughfairs.
More recent coverage on mercenaries
Haitian Speculation that mercenaries assassinated protesters.
Confirmed so far in protests: 22 killed, 77 wounded
https://twitter.com/ReparationsH/status/1103728919692349440
Massacre in La Saline in november; ski masks; neighborhood where anti-corruption protests haves started, alleged police connection.
La Saline is a longtime rallying point for anti-government protests and the massacre occurred four days before long-planned nationwide protests over the corruption allegations.
https://www.apnews.com/d99258d01cce4b84a01e04b4eaff7236
Footage of La Saline Massacre Aftermath
https://twitter.com/ReparationsH/status/106310s2543474122752
https://twitter.com/madanboukman/status/1062785792303681536
Another article connecting a lot of these things
A report from HaitiAction.net
http://www.haitiaction.net/News/RAW/12_4_18/12_4_18.html
UN Haiti History
and massive Haiti cholera outbreak that was triggered when cholera-infected waste from a United Nations peacekeeping station contaminated the country's main river, the Artibonite.[135][136] In 2017, it was reported that roughly 10,000 Haitians had died and nearly a million had been sickened. After years of denial the United Nations apologized in 2016, but as of 2017, they have refused to acknowledge fault, thus avoiding financial responsibility.[137]
Phase 1 Research (From 3rd WRN video)
Video police violence at 0:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqxxuGQ8QjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GkAC-g6Tcw
Video death toll rises in haiti crackdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsViHdxPnV8
Video Inside of busted prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtzwpgo_0E
AP Archive footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIyw0Me-i9A
Video: le telejournal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdOStAJWaps
Video refugees rescued in boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjovLQd0hCY&feature=youtu.be
#HaitiProtest
Sources:
Haiti Info Project: https://twitter.com/HaitiInfoProj/status/1094975397119184896
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47220832
https://www.amwenglish.com/articles/all-78-prisoners-escape-from-aquin-prison-in-haiti/
http://haitiinformationproject.blogspot.com/
Refugee boat haiti https://twitter.com/countznews/status/1097164144485244928
Prison Break https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47220832