Nine people have been named in connection with the murder in 2000 of Haiti's popular radio journalist, Jean Dominique. He and his security guard were shot dead in the courtyard of Radio Haiti-Inter's offices.
The killing of Dominique — affectionately known as "Jean Do"— shocked his many thousands of loyal listeners who enjoyed his broadcasts, aired in Creole rather than the "elite" French.
Now a judge's report into the murders, read out in the appeal court, has named a former senator, Mirlande Liberus Pavert, as "the intellectual author" of the killing. She was a member of the party led by the former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Among others alleged to be responsible was folk singer Annette Auguste, known as So Anne, and a former deputy mayor of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, Gabriel Harold Severe. None of the nine named in the the judge's report have been arrested.
Dominique, who was the subject of a 2003 documentary directed by Jonathan Demme, The Agronomist, had a widely reported falling out with Aristide following a tense radio interview on the radio station.
Dominique had voiced disappointment with Aristide and allegedly corrupt practices associated with his Family Lavalas party.
The AP report quotes Dominique's widow, Michele Montas, as saying: "I think it's a positive step to the extent that we've been working on this for almost 14 years." She now lives in New York.
Source: AP via Boston Globe Reported by guardian.co.uk 19 hours ago.
The killing of Dominique — affectionately known as "Jean Do"— shocked his many thousands of loyal listeners who enjoyed his broadcasts, aired in Creole rather than the "elite" French.
Now a judge's report into the murders, read out in the appeal court, has named a former senator, Mirlande Liberus Pavert, as "the intellectual author" of the killing. She was a member of the party led by the former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Among others alleged to be responsible was folk singer Annette Auguste, known as So Anne, and a former deputy mayor of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, Gabriel Harold Severe. None of the nine named in the the judge's report have been arrested.
Dominique, who was the subject of a 2003 documentary directed by Jonathan Demme, The Agronomist, had a widely reported falling out with Aristide following a tense radio interview on the radio station.
Dominique had voiced disappointment with Aristide and allegedly corrupt practices associated with his Family Lavalas party.
The AP report quotes Dominique's widow, Michele Montas, as saying: "I think it's a positive step to the extent that we've been working on this for almost 14 years." She now lives in New York.
Source: AP via Boston Globe Reported by guardian.co.uk 19 hours ago.