HaitiPRO: Situation Report 2010 May 12 JOTC Word

Situation Report for May 12, 2010.

Dates various types of support due to end, what’s continuing indefinitely

UN Police continues to provide 24/7 security and sporadic foot patrols in the IDP camps throughout the country, particularly to monitor the reportedly high incidence of rape. Notice word “reportedly”. Other patrols to alleviate traffic congestion and deter public disturbances, not reported congestion or alleged disturbances, but actual stuff, actual risks.

Situation Report 2010 May 13 JOTC Word

These reports get more and more interesting.

Peaceful demonstrations continue.

Reports have been received of a possible demonstration on 18May (Flag Day) by political movements and parties to denounce the political process related to the extension of President Préval’s mandate.

May 11

In Tabarre 26 area (Port-au-Prince), four unidentified armed suspects on two motorcycles fired gunshots at two identified individuals in a vehicle. Another unidentified person returned gunfire on the attackers, killing two of them. The other two suspects fled the scene. The two targeted victims in the vehicle were not injured.

May 12

In Carrefour (Port-au-Prince), three suspects attempted to rob residents of the Paloma area. When the HNP arrived on the scene, the suspects fired on them. Two of the gangsters managed to flee the scene, although one of them was shot. The third, an escaped prisoner, was lynched by the local population.

May 13

In Carrefour (Port-au-Prince), the 14-year-old boy who had been kidnapped from his domicile on Bolosse 5 was released in the area of Grand Ravine.

May 13

Also, in Plaine du Nord (North), approximately 100 people surrounded a WFP food truck that broke down in the area of the École Conservatrice de Baudin. The panic-stricken driver fled into the school for safety. UNPOL and HNP were quickly dispatched to the scene, preventing any looting of the truck.

Situation Report 2010 May 14 JOTC Word

Bangladesh sends its first all-female contingent of police officers to Haiti, a 110-strong battalion of female peacekeepers. Bangladesh, has the second-largest contribution to UN peacekeeping missions after Pakistan.
Haiti Port Authority now boasts an advanced vessel-tracking system, to aid port management in serving international relief organizations.
Increase in kidnapping of expatriots.

For my friends who may be unfamiliar with this terminology … an immigrant is what you call someone who arrives to live in a nation from someplace else. An expatriot is what that same person is called in the nation from which they left. For people in Haiti to be labelled as expatriots, means the people doing the labelling are extremely divorced from identifying with Haitians, or considering Haiti as an independent nation.

May 12
Three post-earthquake escapees from the National Prison were apprehended by national police forces.
In Croix des Bouquets (Ouest), a 9-month-old baby boy was kidnapped in the Duval area by a man who has been identified.

May 13
In Les Cayes, an undetermined number of persons organized a demonstration against the government, erecting three barricades in different areas near the airport and gas station and then burning tyres.
In Jérémie (Grande Anse), MINUSTAH Police assisted HNP officers with the arrest of a woman charged with the ill treatment of her 9-year-old daughter.
MINUSTAH Police assisted HNP officers in conducting a sweep operation in the Grand Ravine area.
Unidentified armed assailants shot and killed a 40-year-old man in the Portail Léogâne area, then fled the scene.
Politically motivated demonstrations, so far still peaceful, continued throughout the country.
The 2010 Vaccination Week of the Americas reached some 60,000 children in Haiti.
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it has put in place a contingency order to address needs in the case of an emergency during the rainy season. This is so NGOs can function. It has nothing to do with Haitian survival.

Situation Report 2010 May 15 JOTC Word

Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive met with over 40 Santo Domingo-based foreign diplomats, urging delivery of promised aid.
20-21 May Montreal Canada hosting conference on next 20 years of Haitian reconstruction
Haitian ‘Artists Action Citizens’ educated through the arts
Approximately 2,000 buildings per day assessed by joint engineering efforts
Government officials plan to begin decongestion of the Champs de Mars settlement next week on 17 May. The majority of families will return to Forte Nationale, their pre-earthquake neighbourhood of origin, where engineers have already conducted habitability assessments.

May 12

4.45 pm in Port-au-Prince, escaped prisoner arrested by HNP.

May 13

5 pm Port-de-Paix, another escaped prisoner arrested and presented before a judge.

May 14

9 am in Cité Soleil section of Port-au-Prince, MINUSTAH FPU and Military assisted HNP in a sweep operation dubbed ‘Bonbagaye’ that arrested and detained 20 persons.
10 am in St-Marc, a demonstration with approximately 80 participants protested the extension of the mandate of President Préval. No Incidents were reported.
In Corail IDP camp, approx 10 unidentified persons attacked some residents, damaging some tents and injuring one person with a knife. The injured person was transported to hospital while MINUSTAH Military and UNPOL conducted security operations that led to the arrest of one suspect by the HNP.
In Savane Pistache IDP camp in Port-au-Prince, one 18-year-old woman and one 14-year-old girl were raped by unidentified armed assailants. The victims were transported to the hospital for treatment. Finally, the Haitian security forces are NOT using the word “alleged” or “reportedly” when referring to women being raped. Is 18 year old considered to be an Adult in Haiti?

May 15

10 am demonstration organized from Pedero to Marigot by a local group in the latter. About 200 people marched with placards calling for the decentralization of services and the departure of the Préval government. Some stone-throwing incidents were reported at the beginning of the demonstration, but calm was restored with no further incidents.
11 am Gressier locality of Mariani, five unidentified armed men, kill the cashier of the CAM Transfer agency and took away all the money.
UN confirmed "The waiver negotiated with the GoH for custom exemptions expired at the end of April." ie. No more special treatment for relief cargo.