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In the spotlight: Demonstration against insecurity in Haiti
Demonstration against insecurity in the streets of Port-au-Prince, March 29, 2022. © AP/Odelyn Joseph
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Thousands of demonstrators marched on Tuesday March 29 in the streets of Port-au-Prince.
Among those interviewed by Le
Nouvelliste
, Edouard Paultre of the Haitian Council of Non-State Actors (Conhane), like the rest of the crowd, he calls for the "
resignation of Ariel Henry, if he is not able to ensure the safety of the population
”.
Le Nouvelliste also claims that Steven Benoit was "
heckled
" by demonstrators at the start of the march.
The former senator and prime minister-elect of the Montana accord would have been forced out of the procession.
On his Twitter account, he denies any assault.
Jean Robert Argant, the leader of the Collective 4 December, at the origin of the demonstration, claims to have witnessed the attack and condemns it.
In his
editorial
Frantz Duval also returns to the new promises of the Prime Minister in office.
"
It's what he knows how to do best
", according to the editorialist.
Ariel Henry received the signatories of a petition last Monday demanding action to curb insecurity.
“
Once again, the head of government has opened the box of promises and brought out new
ones, ” says Frantz Duval, who recalls that in July and October 2021 already, “
Doctor Henry played the role of appeasement by prescribing medication which do not cure the disease from which the country suffers, but help to pass the time
”.
“
The promises without a future of Ariel Henry, there is only that on the market at the end of March 2022
“, he concludes.
Salvador under state of emergency, fear of an authoritarian drift
In El Salvador, concern is mounting after the establishment of the state of emergency last Sunday to deal with the rise in violence in the country.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has called on El Salvador to curb prison measures.
For its part, the United Nations asks the State to respect international standards.
The Salvadoran daily
El Mundo
explains in particular that the director of the penitentiary centers ordered to give only two food rations per day to the prisoners who are subjected to total isolation and forced to sleep on the ground.
President Bukele's response: “
The IACHR defends gangs, it is clear that it has chosen its side
”.
In reality, prisons are far from being the only area of concern in terms of human rights.
La Prensa Grafica
highlights in particular the images of Salvadoran students in school uniforms whose bags are systematically searched in neighborhoods cordoned off by the army.
In an article, several human rights specialists describe the situation of terror in which these children from the lowest social classes live.
Some are even forced to undress in front of the police.
Teenagers aged 12, 13, 14 are also among the nearly 600 people arrested by the government, according to Prensa Grafica.
Their mothers have still not heard from them.
The
New York Times
also begins an article on the subject alongside Maria who is looking for her 16-year-old son in prison, in vain.
The American daily headlines on the fear that Nayib Bukele will take advantage of this state of emergency to strengthen his power.
The latter has already warned that the state of emergency could be extended beyond the planned 30 days.
The
New York Times
recalls its previous use of the army to interfere with Salvadoran legislative proceedings.
A bill is currently being debated in Parliament under pressure from the government.
According to human rights groups, it would restrict the work of independent journalists and civil society groups.
Space: a symbol of Russian-American collaboration
It is a symbol of hope, two Russians and an American landed today in the Kazakh steppes.
They returned together from the International Space Station.
Before leaving the ISS, Anton Shkaplerov handed over the keys to the station to astronaut Thomas Marshburn.
"
If people have problems on earth, we in orbit are a team, the symbol of cooperation and friendship
," he told the camera.
In weightlessness, the two men shake hands, visibly very moved.
The Washington Post
welcomes the end of a historic mission for NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei who stayed 355 days in space, a record duration for Americans.
He therefore returned alongside two Russian cosmonauts in a Russian vessel too.
The American daily recalls that the Space Station cannot operate without the help of the Russians who provide the necessary propulsion to remain in orbit and maneuver when needed.
NASA supplies the Russian segment of the station.
Despite these images of a brotherhood that seems very real, the future of the ISS had still been greatly questioned in recent days, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to the
Washington Post
, NASA management was trying to remain calm and measured, but the head of the Russian space agency was threatening to leave the collaboration agreement and let the station crash.
The ISS remains a highly diplomatic tool, it was a way for Russia and the post-Cold War United States to work together, recalls the
Washington Post
.
It has been inhabited for 20 years without interruption and the White House recently announced that it wants to extend the presence of astronauts until 2030. question the existence of the ISS if their American partners continued to be hostile.
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