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OAS SPECIAL MISSION IN HAITI CONDEMNS ATTACK ON MICHELE MONTAS DOMINIQUE

  December 27, 2002


The OAS Special Mission to Strengthen Democracy in Haiti condemns in the strongest possible terms the cowardly attempt on the life of Mrs. Michèle Montas Dominique, Director of Radio Haïti Inter, and the murder of her bodyguard, Mr. Maxime Séide, on the evening of December 25, 2002, a day of peace and reconciliation.

On December 26, 2002, the Officer-in-Charge of the Special Mission paid a visit to Mrs. Michèle Montas Dominique to express his sympathy and to convey the horror felt by the OAS Special Mission at this fresh act of intimidation and violence perpetrated against the Haitian media.

The OAS Special Mission in Haiti urgently requests that the Haitian authorities without delay make every possible effort to see that the perpetrators of this act are identified and brought to justice.




Port-au-Prince, December 27, 2002

Reference: HAI122702E