In the headlines: in Haiti, an examining magistrate appointed in the case of the assassination of the president
A portrait of the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise is seen during a ceremony in his honor in Port-au-Prince, July 20, 2021. Valerie Baeriswyl AFP
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More than a month after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, in the early hours of July 7, at his home, Haiti finally knows the name of the judge who will investigate the case: it is Mathieu Chanlatte who was appointed this Monday afternoon August 9 by the dean of the first instance court of Port-au-Prince to shed light on this tragedy.
The reactions in the Haitian press to this appointment clearly show some concern. In the columns of the newspaper
Le Nouvelliste
, the president of the National Association of Haitian Magistrates wishes “
good luck to Mathieu Chanlatte
”. Jean Wilner Morin said he hoped "
that the authorities will put all the necessary means at the disposal of this magistrate and that they will ensure his safety
". For his part, the Haitian Minister of Justice wants to be reassuring: contacted by
Le Nouvelliste
, Rockefeller Vincent explains "
that it is the duty of his ministry to take all measures to secure the judges across the country, the evidence and the bodies of the offense
”.
Haitians have high expectations.
The
Washington Post
notes that the announcement of the name of the investigating judge has sparked many reactions on social networks.
“
You have a great responsibility in front of the history of this country
, tweeted a man to the address of Mathieu Chanlatte.
You have the responsibility to make justice triumph.
"
"
Answers, clear and precise answers, that's all we want,
" claims for its part the information site
Haiti Press Network
.
"
Like a good number of citizens, we are afraid that the Jovenel Moïse affair does not fall into the scabrous judicial section of" The Investigation continues "
", underlines the columnist.
This also leads some to support the request of the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs: namely the opening of an international investigation.
Like the Office for Citizen Protection, which sent a letter to this effect to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. The letter is published this Tuesday, August 10 by the
Alterpresse
agency
. "
The Office for the Protection of the Citizen believes, in the name of the right to truth and justice, that the contribution of the United Nations is important for the conduct of a good investigation so that all the sponsors, the intellectual authors of the assassination of President Moïse, be identified and brought to justice, in accordance with International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law
”, we read.
Meanwhile, the families of 18 Colombians arrested in Haiti for their alleged involvement in the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, demonstrated on Monday in Bogota.
They demand in particular that the 18 Colombian detainees have access to lawyers and be examined by doctors.
The Colombian newspaper
El Espectador
announced on Tuesday that the Colombian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will visit Haiti, accompanied by family members of Colombians detained.
"
The objective of the trip is to obtain the repatriation of the bodies of Colombians killed by the Haitian police in the hours following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse as well as legal assistance for the detainees
", reports the daily.
Sixth tropical storm threatens the Caribbean
The National Hurricane Center in Miami is sounding the alarm. A cyclonic disturbance in the Caribbean threatens to become the sixth tropical storm of the hurricane season in the Atlantic.
According to forecasts from the
National Hurricane Center
, the disturbance should reach Puerto Rico on Tuesday before skirting, on Wednesday, the north of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Based on the current trajectory, the system will pass a lot over land. "
This is both good and bad news,"
the
Washington Post
warns
.
Good, because it will limit the time the storm passes over warm Caribbean waters. Which will prevent it from escalating too quickly. But bad
, the paper continues,
because more people will face the torrential rains and potential flooding.
""
At this stage, it is much too early to determine the force that this storm will take
, ”warns a meteorologist in the columns of the daily
Sun Sentine
,
from Florida.
One thing already seems certain: a very large northern half of Haiti may be affected by the passage of this cyclonic disturbance during the day tomorrow.
Biden administration to declassify documents on September 11, 2001 attacks
In the United States, the Biden administration made an important announcement on Monday: it could open certain classified documents related to the 9/11 attacks.
It must be said that Joe Biden is under pressure, recalls the
New York Times
.
The families of the victims of the attacks asked him not to participate in the ceremonies for the 20th anniversary of the attacks, unless he declassified certain important documents.
According to the opinion of relatives of the victims, these documents will demonstrate the links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the terrorists.
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