Threats made against WACC member and project partner in Haiti

Haiti-Press : WACC calls on the Haitian authorities to protect freedom of expression in Haiti
Monday 14 March 2011
Note from Word Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
Toronto, Canada, 14 Mar 2011
Alarming threats made against journalist Gotson Pierre and freedom of expression.
The online news agency Alterpress has been threatened in the person of its director Gotson Pierre, WACC has learnt in a communiqué from another regional partner, Espacinsular in the Dominican Republic.
AlterPresse is a leading member of Groupe Médialternatif, both working for greater democracy, transparency, and accountability in Haiti. Following the earthquake disaster last year, both groups pledged support for grassroots communication and rebuilding community communications.
[…] A presidential candidate has issued threats against [Gotson Pierre], which is not only unethical and undemocratic, it is an infringement of journalistic freedom and human rights.
WACC calls on the Haitian authorities to protect freedom of expression in Haiti. It joins Espaninsular in asking the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières to intervene in defence of freedom of expression and to protect the life and well-being of one of Haiti’s courageous journalists.
Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programs

http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article10746
Commentaire
Que les Haïtiens ne se rendent pas compte du danger qui plane sur leur tête comme conséquence de l`issue de ces élections, voilà qui étonnerait le plus naïf des êtres humains. Censures de la presse qui pourtant s`était déjà peu à peu emmurée dans une posture d`autocensure car "on ne sait jamais...!". Voilà qui est inquiétant, voilà qui fait craindre demain dans un pays qui mérite de voir le bout du tunnel ou on l`a engouffré depuis si longtemps!