Jacmel Haiti

On December 12, State University student protesters in Port-au-Prince joined forces with Apaid's 184 and members of the city's business, legal, academic, and artisan community to launch a massive anti-government demonstration. Early morning police barricades and burning tires erected by chimeres, some carrying arms, attempted to thwart the crowds that had gathered in various sections of the city. Police fired into the air and used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the demonstrators, who regrouped later in another location; this pattern continued throughout the day. There were no reported fatalities. Following a student demonstration on December 15, HNP officers injected 21-year-old Josue Alcenat with an unknown substance while holding him at the police station in Canape Vert section of Port-au-Prince. Alcenat spent 5 days in a local hospital undergoing tests to determine the nature of the substance. Alcenat was sent to a medical facility abroad to ... [Read More]

Haiti

In November police in Jacmel and Gonaives barred demonstrations by the Democratic Convergence; pro-Government marches were allowed (see Section 2.b.). ...

On June 1, police in the town of Belle-Anse arrested Raphael Francen, a journalist with Radio Telediffusion Jacmelienne. Francen had reported that local police arrested a resident in the evening, in violation of the requirement that an arrest order cannot be executed between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (see Section 1.d.). The next day, police arrested Francen at midnight. The Association of Haitian Journalists called his arrest "illegal and arbitrary." He later was released. ... [Read More]

Political, Security, and Civil Developments in Haiti (March 15, 2004 Weekly Report)

-- Security problems are being reported in Jacmel and Les Cayes.  Rival drug gangs are maneuvering for control of those cities. Civil DevelopmentsAs of March 15, 2004, airline flights to and from Haiti have resumed. Public schools ... [Read More]

US Dept of State

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US Embassy - Haiti

INVITATION A LA PRESSE -Le Bureau de Presse de l'Ambassade des Etats-Unis d'Amérique vous invite à couvrir la cérémonie d'ouverture d'un centre de traitement antirétroviral (ARV) de VIH/SIDA. à Jacmel le Vendredi 11 mars 2005 à l'Hôpital Saint-Michel. Le 2 Mars 2005 ... [Read More]

Overview of Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti

ICRC pre-positioned one medical/surgical kit in Saint-Marc, Gonaives, Cap Haitien, Jacmel, and Port-au-Prince. An ICRC team is now permanently based at the hospital in Gonaives, and a complete ICRC expatriate surgical team will arrive in the city next week for a total of seven staff.  ICRC plans to maintain the private Canape Vert Hospital in Port-au-Prince under its protection, and will treat the injured free of charge. If necessary, ICRC is prepared to triple the capacity of the hospital, from 42 beds to 120. ICRC has 15 expatriates in Haiti, in addition to local staff, and more expatriate staff are expected to arrive. Currently, ICRC's first priority is the protection of medical staff, convoys and medical supplies. ICRC is also conducting visits to detainees in prison and police stations. ... [Read More]

US Dept of State

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US Embassy - Haiti

1.  Visit a participating branch of SOGEBANK in order to pay the $100.00 processing fee and obtain an appointment for a visa interview.  All branches offer Service except Lalue.  Currently, the service is available at: Place Geffrard 1, Place Geffrard 2, Rue du Quai, Lathan, Carrefour, Carrefour Feuilles, Petion-Ville (both branches), Delmas Nazon, Jacmel, Cap-Haitian, and Saint-Marc. ... [Read More]

Haiti

On June 29, a woman and her two children, ages four and five, were thrown out of a hospital in Jacmel after a medical test revealed that all three were HIV-positive. ... [Read More]