On Sunday, individuals identifying themselves as police offciers, along with activists and sympathizers of the radical opposition, took the streets, in total violation of the barrier measures in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the ban on demonstrations and the warnings https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30953-haiti-news-zapping.html . They erected barricades of flaming tires, despite the muscular intervention of the riot police of the PNH who made heavy use of tear gas canisters to disperse the demonstrators.

Protesters who criticized the government for its mismanagement of the pandemic and demanded the departure of President Moïse. They also demanded the cancellation of the ban on leaving the territory https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30824-haiti-news-zapping.html issued against Yanick Joseph, General Coordinator of the National Police Union of Haiti (SPNH-17) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-30819-icihaiti-politic-list-of-members-of-the-central-committee-of-the-pnh-union.html ; the release of police officer Jean Pascal Alexandre in detention at the national penitentiary, accused of assassination, arson, destruction of public property and endangering State security https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30777-haiti-justice-a-police-officer-incarcerated-in-the-penitentiary-the-phantom-group-issues-an-ultimatum.html and a basic monthly salary of 50,000 Gourdes...

Several people were injured in the demonstration, including two journalists Jessica Jourdain and Johnson César, who were injured by tear gas canisters and rushed to hospital.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30953-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30824-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-30819-icihaiti-politic-list-of-members-of-the-central-committee-of-the-pnh-union.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30777-haiti-justice-a-police-officer-incarcerated-in-the-penitentiary-the-phantom-group-issues-an-ultimatum.html

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