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Dorelien, was a colonel in the Haitian military during the 1991–1994 coup, in charge of discipline and personnel matters. Following the restoration of Haiti’s democracy, Dorelien fled to the United States. In 2003, he was deported to Haiti because of his human rights record, and was taken into
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On April 22, 1994, soldiers and paramilitary forces made a dawn raid on the neighborhood. They went house-to-house, beating and arresting residents, including children and the elderly, making some lie in open sewers. People who ran were shot. Soldiers also fired indiscriminately on citizens who were
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submitted an affidavit to the immigration court, advocating
Constant's deportation. Secretary Christopher noted the extensive and credible accusations of human rights violations by Constant, and reasoned that a failure to deport Constant would give the appearance that the U.S. government supported
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Avocats Internationaux. The trial lasted 6 weeks and ended on November 9, 2000. The jury found 16 of the 22 defendants in custody guilty of participation in the massacre, acquitting six. Twelve of those found guilty were sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other four were
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Raboteau estimated that at least thirty people were killed, while later court proceedings stated that at least six people were known to have been killed. Human rights lawyers
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seeking civil damages for the deaths of plaintiff Marie Jean’s husband, who was killed in the
Raboteau Massacre, and the arbitrary detainment and torture of labor leader Lexiuste Cajuste. On February 23, 2007, Dorelien was found civilly liable in U.S. Federal Court for torture and
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Gonaives in which a bulldozer was driven through the walls of a prison On May 3, 2005, the
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conviction. He chose not to exercise his right to a new trial. One year after his return
President Aristide was once again ousted in a coup in 2004 and Dorelien escaped prison. He has not been returned to prison as of May 2008.
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described the trial as a "landmark" case for Haiti, "a step in bringing to justice an elite tier of military and paramilitary officers and their cohorts for human rights abuses". The trial was the subject of a 2003 documentary,
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overturned the sentences, ruling that "the
Criminal Tribunal of Gonaïves, having been established with the assistance of a jury, was not competent to rule the case". The reversal was condemned by
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were convicted and given sentences of life imprisonment. In May 2005, all sentences from the tribunal were overturned by the
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