Police in Haiti Arrest Two Journalists at Church of Jailed Priest

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBOJF8BFDE.html

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian and American journalist were detained Friday by police searching the church of a jailed priest who is considered a potential presidential candidate.

Kevin Pina, a journalist and filmmaker from the United States, was detained after filming the police as they searched the church of the Rev. Jean-Juste.

The officers also detained Jean Ristil, a Haitian who was working for The Associated Press, as he tried to take photographs of police leading away a handcuffed Pina.

Both men were taken to the police station, where Judge Jean Peres Paul ordered them held on suspicion of "disrespect to a magistrate" and resisting arrest.

Wonder what Otto Reich is doing these days? This is his MO.

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1. Uh-oh. Kevin is the frequent Flashpoints contributor on Haiti.

If his voice is silenced by being locked up in jail, we will lose a key source of information about what is going on in the country, by one of the only programs to regularly cover it.

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4. For those who don't know - flashpoints is archived

at http://flashpoints.net and http://kpfa.org

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2. Here's the phone number for the Haitian embassy.

Request his immediate release.

Haitian Embassy
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Louis Harold JOSEPH
chancery: 2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: <1> [phone]
FAX: <1> [phone]

http://www.aneki.com/embassy/Haitian.html

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3. Article with more details & suggest calling US embassy IN Haiti (phone#)

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/9_9_5/9_9_5.html

U.S. Embassy ( 011-509-222-0200 / 011-509-222-0354 / 011-509-223-4711 from USA ) and demand his release and safety.

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5. kick

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6. kick nt

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7. kick

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8. Kevin Pina

is one of the best journalists in the world and certainly a voice in the wilderness of media censorship in Haiti.

Dirty tricks- That's what Otto is up to.