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UA 99/13 HAITI - HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES RISK FORCED EVICTION
HAITI Hundreds of families left homeless after Haiti's January 2010 earthquake are being threatened with forced eviction from their makeshift camp in the Christ-Roi neighbourhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince. A man claiming to be the landowner came to the Christopher camp in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on 23 ...
UA 98/13 HAITI - FAMILIES ATTACKED, RISK FORCED EVICTION
HAITI Hundreds of families left homeless by the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti are living under the threat of forced eviction from their makeshift camp in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Their lives are in danger following a recent arson attack and the death of one resident in police custody. ...
UA 69/13 Haiti - DISPLACED FAMILIES FACE FORCED EVICTION IN HAITI
HAITI Hundreds of families who were left homeless after the January 2010 earthquake face imminent forced eviction from their makeshift camp in the Port-au-Prince municipality of Carrefour. Amnesty International is concerned that if evicted they will once again be left homeless. Approximately 650 families living in ...
Further information on UA 172/12 HAITI - DISPLACED PEOPLE FACE ARBITRARY ARREST
HAITI Residents of a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which is under threat of forced eviction, have been informed by police that several of them are on an arrest list. Amnesty International believes this threat to be linked to ongoing efforts by the alleged landowner to intimidate them ...
UA 24/13 HAITI - FAMILIES FORCIBLY EVICTED FROM CAMPS IN HAITI
HAITI Hundreds of families have been forcibly evicted from two makeshift camps in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Neither camp was given enough time to gather their belongings before their shelters were destroyed. On 12 January – the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake which left 200,000 dead and 2.3 ...
UA 279/12 HAITI - LAWYERS IN HAITI THREATENED AND INTIMIDATED
HAITI Three lawyers in Haiti are reporting an increase of threats and intimidation against them in recent months. They believe they may be targeted for their activism and criticisms against the Haitian government. On 28 September, the Chief Prosecutor of Port-au-Prince, Jean Renel Sénatus, was interviewed at ...
Further information on UA 144/12 – HAITI - FORCED EVICTION IN HAITI HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE
The threatened forced eviction of three hundred families from their makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has not taken place. However, the families remain under constant threat of forced eviction and need to be provided with durable solutions to their housing needs. The threatened forced eviction of residents of ...
UA 213/12 HAITI - HAITI THREATENS FORCED EVICTIONS
The Haitian authorities are preparing to evict some 450 families living in the capital, Port-au-Prince, claiming their homes are at risk of landslide. They have not consulted the families, or offered them adequate alternative accommodation or adequate compensation. The 450 families live in the Jalousie neighbourhood, in the ...
UA 172/2012 HAITI - HAITIAN FAMILIES AGAIN FACING FORCED EVICTION
HAITI Hundreds of Haitian families are facing forcible eviction from a refugee camp where they have been living since the January 2010 earthquake. Representatives of the landowner, and local police officers, have been threatening and harassing them. Amnesty International delegates visited the Grace Village refugee camp, in ...
Further information on UA 135/12 – HAITI - HAITI FAMILIES “WILL NOT BE FORCIBLY EVICTED”
HAITI A representative of the man claiming to be the landowner of Grace Village camp in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince has promised that residents will be not be forcibly evicted. There are still concerns for the security of the camp’s residents. Following a request for a meeting, ...
UA 144/12 HAITI - RISK OF FORCED EVICTION FOR FAMILIES IN HAITI
UA 144/12 - RISK OF FORCED EVICTION FOR FAMILIES IN HAITI Three hundred families who were left homeless after the January 2010 earthquake face imminent forced eviction from their makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince. Amnesty International is concerned that if evicted they will once again be left homeless. ...
UA 135/12 HAITI - FAMILIES AT RISK OF FORCED EVICTION IN HAITI
UA 135/12 - FAMILIES AT RISK OF FORCED EVICTION IN HAITI Hundreds of families living in a camp for internally displaced people in Carrefour, in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, are being harassed and intimidated and are at imminent risk of forced eviction. Residents at Grace Village camp, in ...
Further information on UA 284/11 HAITI - HAITIAN FAMILIES FACE FORCIBLE EVICTION
HAITI On 28 September, a landowner, accompanied by armed men, made violent threats against more than 300 people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who have been living in a makeshift camp on his property since their homes were destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake. Amnesty International is extremely concerned for ...
UA: 284/11 HAITI - EVICTION THREAT FOR MAKESHIFT CAMP IN HAITI
HAITI Over 300 people who have been living in a makeshift camp in the capital of Haiti since their homes were destroyed in the earthquake in January 2010 have been threatened with forced eviction. Amnesty International is concerned that if evicted they may not receive alternative adequate accommodation and will ...
UA: 276/11 HAITI - FEAR OF EVICTION FOR TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES
HAITI Two hundred families have been threatened with eviction from their makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Amnesty International is concerned that they may be forcibly evicted at any time, without receiving alternative adequate accommodation. Families living in a makeshift camp called Camp Mosayik in the Delmas municipality of the capital ...
Further information on UA 217/11 HAITI - FAMILIES IN HAITI FORCIBLY EVICTED
HAITI Some of the families who were evicted from a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have been relocated to alternative accommodation, which falls well below adequate sanitary or security conditions. On 14 July more than 500 families were evicted from a makeshift camp outside the Sylvio ...
UA 217/11 HAITI - FAMILIES IN HAITI AT RISK OF FORCED EVICTION
HAITI More than 500 homeless families are at risk of being forcibly evicted from a makeshift camp located in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where they have been living since the January 2010 earthquake. Amnesty International is seriously concerned that they will not receive adequate alternative accommodation. The City ...
