28238: Craig (news)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dan Craig


April 7, 2006


 U.N. Aide Criticizes Haiti

By REUTERS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 6 (Reuters) — The director of the United Nations' 
human rights office in Haiti accused judicial officials and the American-backed 
interim government on Thursday of illegally detaining most of the 4,000 people 
in jail.

The official, Thierry Fagart, said most of the inmates had not been formally 
charged or put on trial by the interim authorities who replaced President 
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was ousted two years ago.

Mr. Fagart said many detainees, particularly high-profile prisoners, should be 
released immediately while investigations and other judicial proceedings 
continue.

"There are people who have been in preventive detention more time than provided 
by the law if they were sentenced," he said.


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/07/world/americas/07haiti.html