Haiti: Murder of Local Radio Director, Another Attack on the Press
The director of the only radio station in Petit-Boucan was killed Friday, forcing the station off the air and illustrating a pattern of assaults against Haitian journalists.
On Friday, September 18, the only local radio station in Petit-Boucan, in the municipality of Gressier, ceased broadcasting following the murder of its director, according to Le Monde. The incident is part of a broader wave of attacks on Haitian media reported by the French daily newspaper.
Journalists interviewed expressed fear over mounting hostility, with some saying they had only anticipated threats from gangs or law enforcement, but not from civilians.
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