Haiti Urged to Stop Rights Abuses

[Judi Lynn]

Haiti Urged to Stop Rights Abuses
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: April 7, 2004


Filed at 8:50 p.m. ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Amnesty International urged Haiti's interim government Wednesday to crack down on human rights violators and stop reprisals against members of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government.

Concluding a two-week fact-finding mission, a delegation from the London-based rights group said at least four Aristide associates have been kidnapped and other citizens have been attacked or harassed since he fled Feb. 29.
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Terlingen said her group was denied access to parts of the national penitentiary and that some detainees were under U.S. Marine guard.

In recent weeks, at least a dozen former Aristide supporters have been slain -- most shot execution style with their hands tied behind their back.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Haiti-Human-Rights.html
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