Reporters Without Borders responds with a mix of satisfaction and prudence to the news that nine people were indicted on 18 January in connection with Radio Haïti Inter owner Jean Dominique's April 2000 shooting murder, in which the radio station's security guard, Jean-Claude Louissaint, was also killed.
“We welcome this major judicial step, one that was quite unexpected after years of paralysis and impunity in a case that was handled successively by seven investigating judges,” Reporters Without Borders said.
“The investigation was relaunched on 8 May 2013 when former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who is reportedly linked to the nine accused, was questioned as a witness. The different degrees of responsibility must now be established with precision on the basis of the depositions of these nine people. Everyone's cooperation is needed for this case to proceed. The truth must finally emerge, 14 years after Dominique's murder.
“Like SOS Journaliste, we urge the authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that Myrlande Lubérisse appears in court in Haiti. A former senator for Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party, she is named in Judge Yvikel Dabrésil's report as the person who ordered Dominique's murder. The authorities in the United States, where she now resides, should authorize her extradition if required.”
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