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Haitian Women's Rights Groups Demand Justice for Raped Female Prisoners

Sandra Lemaire

   WASHINGTON/GONAIVES, HAITI - "Enough, we cannot deal with this
   anymore," a visibly disgusted Predica Jean, coordinator for the League
   of Haitian Women for Reconstruction(Lig Fanm Ayisyen pou
   Rekonstruksyon) (LIFAR) said during a press conference in
   Port-au-Prince.

   "We're asking all the political actors who are involved to resolve the
   situation quickly so we can have a country where we can live (in peace
   and security), where women's rights are respected," she added.

     Haiti's League of women is denouncing the gang rape of female
     prisoners during an attempted jail break by 300 male prisoners.
     There are STD and pregnancy fears in addition to the psychological
     trauma. Female activists demand [1]#justice reparations. [2]#Haiti
     [3]@hrw ð¹Renan Toussaint [4]pic.twitter.com/ahpu82SoUF
     -- Sandra Lemaire (@SandraDVOA) [5]November 14, 2019

   Jean decried the gang rape of a dozen female prisoners by male
   prisoners attempting to escape from a jail in the northern city of
   Gonaives last week. She asked for justice and reparations for all the
   women who were violated.

   About 340 male prisoners, angry about the jail's poor living
   conditions, broke out Nov. 7-8. They had been reportedly held for days
   in overcrowded cells without food and water. They managed to disarm a
   guard and break through the gates. Once out, they sought female
   prisoners in a separate part of the jail, according to witnesses, and
   raped them repeatedly until a police unit arrived and fired tear gas to
   stop the attack.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/justice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Haiti?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://t.co/ahpu82SoUF
   5. https://twitter.com/SandraDVOA/status/1195087254928207891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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