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Haiti Sees Deadly Crackdown on Anti-Government Protests
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=50159"><span class="small">Laura Burdon-Manley, Al Jazeera</span></a>   
Thursday, 14 February 2019 09:38

Burdon-Manley writes: "At least five people have died in anti-government protests in Haiti which have been ongoing for almost a week."

Demonstrators flee police gunfire during protests in Port-au-Prince demanding the resignation of Jovenel Moise, the Haitian president. (photo: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)
Demonstrators flee police gunfire during protests in Port-au-Prince demanding the resignation of Jovenel Moise, the Haitian president. (photo: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)

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Haiti Sees Deadly Crackdown on Anti-Government Protests

By Laura Burdon-Manley, Al Jazeera

14 February 19


Police open fire on demonstrators calling for President Jovenel Moise to step down over alleged systematic corruption and rising living costs.

t least five people have died in anti-government protests in Haiti which have been ongoing for almost a week.

There is anger over rising costs, economic stagnation and corruption. Demonstrators want President Jovenel Moise to step down.

Al Jazeera's Laura Burdon-Manley has more.

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