Discrimination against Haitians

[Sun Ship]

Large numbers of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin were forcibly expelled.
Many were beaten and some killed in a climate of xenophobic hostility. Women continued to suffer domestic violence.


Discrimination against Haitians

Expulsions

There were mass expulsions of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin across the border to Haiti. Although officials stated that the round-ups and deportations were to combat illegal immigration, Haitians with a legal right to remain in the Dominican Republic and black Dominicans were among those forcibly expelled.

· In May, more than 3,000 Haitians and black Dominicans were forcibly expelled in three days. They were reportedly rounded up in the early hours of the morning, forced onto buses and left at the Haitian border. Many were unable to collect their belongings and some were allegedly separated from family members.

Access to nationality

· In October, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in the case of Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico v Dominican Republic. The two girls of Haitian descent were born on Dominican territory and lived there all their lives but were denied Dominican nationality in contravention of the country’s Constitution. As a result, they could not obtain birth certificates or enrol in school, and remained vulnerable to expulsion. The Court found that the Dominican Republic’s application of nationality laws and regulations was discriminatory and therefore contravened international human rights standards.

Assaults

Haitians faced an increasing climate of xenophobic hostility, particularly after the murder in May of a Dominican shop owner in the north of the country, allegedly perpetrated by Haitian migrants. Incidents of lynching were reported, often after the murder or rape of a Dominican, and several Haitians were killed. The security forces failed to intervene to halt attacks.

· In August, three Haitians were lynched and burned alive following an alleged argument with a group of Dominicans.

Human rights defenders

Father Pedro Ruquoy, a Belgian Catholic priest, received death threats in September apparently because of his work on behalf of Dominican peasants and Haitian migrants working in sugar cane plantations. As a result of the threats and other intimidation, Father Ruquoy was forced to leave the Dominican Republic in November after 30 years of missionary work in the country. According to reports, other human rights defenders working on behalf of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian origin also had to flee the country.


http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/dom-summary-eng

[True sistas turn me on]

I wonder if DR is still mad that Haiti took control of them for awhile after the Haitian revo. They share one tiny island and they should be close allies. Many DR's run away from their Blackness, but Black pride is exploding in Latin America. They're tired of being told they're not Black yet somehow still being mistreated. Tego Calderon is a true Black Latin man. Check out this article he wrote recently. http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152007...ron.htm?page=0

[TureBandele]

Dominicans are trash.