Africa Today

Flashpoints – March 11, 2004

Two pro-democracy activists are killed and seven wounded in a mass protest calling for the restoration of democracy in Haiti, and the return of President Aristide; We’ll feature a special report from the ground on today’s killings; We’ll also continue our coverage of pro-democracy activists under attack or in hiding from US-sponsored military death squads; We’ll hear from the mayor of a northern Haiti city who has been in hiding since the coup and fears for his life; We’ll hear from Haiti’s foreign press liason on the steps that led up to the coup, and the action taken by the international community to restore Aristide; and from New York, the Knight Report

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