Haiti, armed criminal groups intensify attacks against journalists

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Reporters are being targeted with gunfire, death threats, and physical assaults while covering protests, hospital reopenings, and gang-related violence. teleSUR

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00:00The situation of journalists in Haiti is becoming increasingly alarming.

00:04The most recent case is that of Roger Clodier Israel,

00:07a reporter who disappeared in the city of Mirebele in the center of the country

00:12while covering an attack by armed criminal groups.

00:16Roger Clodier Israel's disappearance reflects the high level of risk faced today by the media in Haiti

00:22where being a journalist has become a high-risk profession.

00:26In the last year, several reporters have been kidnapped, shot or forced into exile

00:31and historic media outlets such as radio, television, have been attacked and burned.

00:38In the capital, 90% of the territory is under the control of criminal groups

00:42who not only threaten journalists in the streets but also directly attack media headquarters

00:48in order to silence the situation in the country.

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