Spain : Mandatory transit VISA for Haitians

The Embassy of Spain in Haiti announces that from September 1, 2021, Haitian nationals will need a transit visa to make stops in Spain. Please take this detail into account during your next stopovers. For info : emb.pprincipe.vis@maec.es

UDMO member accused of rape

Me Jean-Marie Alexandre, the Government Commissioner of Jérémie issued a warrant was issued yesterday against the policeman Old Sterling alias "Sans-Souci," member of the Departmental Unit of Maintenance of Order (UDMO) accused of having raped a young 18-year-old girl in the "Gébeau" neighborhood.

200 churches destroyed, 150 damaged

200 Catholic churches were destroyed and 150 others damaged by the August 14 earthquake in the 3 most affected departments, revealed Loudger Mazile, spokesperson for the Haitian Bishops' Conference.

70.6% of foreign detainees in the DR are Haitians

According to a report from the General Directorate of Dominican Prisons, out of the 27,047 detainees in Dominican penitentiaries, 2,029 are foreign nationals of which 1,434 (70.6%) are of Haitian nationality. 214 10% (10.5%) are American, 104 (5.1%) are European and the other foreigners of various nationalities.

Some of the passengers released against ransom

Release yesterday against ransom of several of the 30 passengers of a bus who had been hijacked on the night of August 22 to 23, 2021, in Gros Morne by unidentified armed individuals https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34575-haiti-news-zapping.html . The freed hostages are those whose relatives have paid a ransom. The kidnappers detain other passengers pending ransom...

Transfer of prisoners

155 Anse à Veau detainees out of 223 were transferred to the police stations of Petit-Goâve and Miragoâne.

HL/ HaitiLibre