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Media

Piera Responds to Statement from Presidency, "so pathetic"

Details: Created on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 19:16

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - Dominican Journalist Nuria Piera regretted on television Monday night that President Martelly had received money from Dominican Senator Felix Bautista, after his inauguration as President of Haiti.

Haiti-Press-Carnival: Journalist Censored and Musicians Threatened

Details: Created on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 19:44

JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht) - A Journalist and two musicians have complained of abuse and threats from zealous supporters of President Martelly during the carnival time. Serious incidents took place the last weekend in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel

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Haïti-Presse-Carnaval : Un Journaliste Censuré et des Musiciens Menacés

Details: Created on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 18:13

JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht)- Un journaliste et des musiciens se sont plaints de mauvais traitements et de menaces de partisans zélés du président Martelly durant la période du carnaval. De graves incidents se sont produits le week-end dernier à Port-au-Prince et à Jacmel.

Haiti: Martelly’s Bad Behavior toward Press Raises Concerns

Details: Created on Thursday, 09 February 2012 14:10

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- Two major press associations, the National Association of Haitian Media (ANMH) and the Association of Independent Media of Haiti (AMIH), expressed concerns at the deteriorating relations between the executive and legislative branches, and relentless insults of the President Martelly to journalists.

Haitian Journalists Association denounces the anti-democratic attitude of Martelly

Details: Created on Saturday, 04 February 2012 16:53

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)-“The Head of State Michel Martelly has, once again, demonstrated his intolerance and disrespect verging on indecency against the press and against the society in general”, said the Association of Haitian Journalists (AJH) in a communiqué. The press organization called the corporation for solidarity and vigilance for new abuses of the Head of State who has made clear Friday his hostility vis-à-vis some media including Radio Kiskeya

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Is Martelly a Press Offender?

Details: Created on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:19

MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - The issue deserves to be debated after repeated attacks from the president against members of the corporation. The era of tolerance, of freedom of press, permitted by Rene Preval, seems over.

Haiti: President Martelly attacks journalists again

Details: Created on Monday, 16 January 2012 17:00

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – It doesn’t go a week without the report of an attack of the President Michel Martelly against the Press, in Haiti or in Diaspora, noticed Defend Haiti. Oops, he did it again.

National Fund for Education: Martelly threatens Media in Diaspora

Details: Created on Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:45

MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) – Even his predecessors had not dared. Martelly did. Unsatisfied to silence some media in Haiti, he’s now threatening media in the Diaspora. Why? Those media want to shed light on the National Fund of Education, or millions of dollars illegally harvested from 8 months on international calls and money transfers from the Diaspora.

Radio Kiskeya Loses a Collaborator, Edmond Rosemond

Details: Created on Saturday, 14 January 2012 20:02

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Radio Kiskeya learned with great sorrow and with deep emotions the death of their colleague Edmond Rosemond, 43, who died Thursday in La Gonave (Ouest), the island he was from.

Michel Martelly Amounts $100K for Charge Against the Press

Details: Created on Saturday, 31 December 2011 10:34

MIREBALAIS, Haiti (defend.ht) - Delighted to hear one inhabitant of Mirebalais ask the media to "give the President a chance," the Chief Executive, big Democratic state, has proudly rewarded by providing a motorcycle, a week after a move very insensitive of Mr. Martelly vis-à-vis a Radio Kiskeya.

Haiti: Well-Known Journalist Valéry Numa involved in serious Car Accident

Details: Created on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 05:36

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Well-known Haitian journalist, Valéry Numa of Radio Vision 2000, was involved in a serious car accident on Monday morning on top of the hill known as the "Morne Préval" ( Department of the West).

Community Rallies for Anchorwoman Melissa Francois after Kim Jong-Il Slip

Details: Created on Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:43

MONTREAL, Canada (defend.ht) - Residents in Montreal, Canada are outraged over the demotion and/or firing of popular TV News Anchor Melissa Francois following an unfortunate error with the teleprompter on Sunday.

Haiti: Oprah Calls Kardashian "Phony", National Enquirer Cover Story

Details: Created on Monday, 19 December 2011 12:59

LOS ANGELES, USA (defend.ht) - This week's cover story of the National Enquirer reports that Oprah Winfrey has called reality TV star, Kim Kardashian a “phony” because of her recent trip to Haiti.

Code of Ethics of the Haitian Press

Details: Created on Friday, 16 December 2011 11:16

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Media associations and sector representatives adopted a code of ethics on Thursday December 8 that defines an outline for the Haitian press regarding rights and duties of journalists exercising the profession.

Haiti Press Organizations Adopt Code of Ethics

Details: Created on Thursday, 15 December 2011 14:23

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Media associations and sector representatives adopted a code of ethics last Thursday that defines an outline for the Haitian press regarding rights and duties of journalists exercising the profession in the country.

Haitian Journalist Detained for Trying to Photograph Oprah

Details: Created on Monday, 12 December 2011 13:13

Oprah Winfrey and Sean Penn in Haiti [AP, file]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) — Haitian police detained a Haitian journalist for trying to take photos of Oprah Winfrey as she visited a tent camp of internally displaced persons in Haiti.

Christalie Parisot, the Face of Haitian News on NBC Miami

Details: Created on Monday, 05 December 2011 17:15

MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - Since June Christalie Parisot has anchored Haitian News, the new Creole language program hitting the airwaves on NBC Miami. She gave an exclusive interview to DH.

Miami Herald Wins First Emmy for Haitian Documentary

Details: Created on Saturday, 03 December 2011 23:26

LOS ANGELES, USA (defend.ht) - The Miami Herald Media Co. won it's first Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Saturday for Nou Bouke (We're Tired), a documentary about Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, 2010.

Montreal Haitian Radio CPAM Unable to Broadcast on Weekdays

Details: Created on Monday, 21 November 2011 17:30

MONTREAL, Canada (defend.ht) - Due to signal interferance with nearby phones, CPAM Haitian Radio in Montreal has not been able to broadcast on weekdays between 7 AM and 6 PM.

Professional Haitian Press Growing in the Diaspora

Details: Created on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:04

MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - It tends to differ from amateurism of its early stages as the professional journalists engage in it, according to Patrick Eliancy, news director at Haitian Channel in Florida, Island TV.