What remains of the Haitan independent media seems to be threatened as well. Haiti activist Mike Levy reports, via Ben Terrall’s Haiti Blog, that one of that country’s leading independent journalists, Agence Haïtienne de Presse (AHP) and Radio Solidarite founder Georges Venel Remarais, has come under legal attack from the U.S.-backed paramilitary/coup government now ruling that country.

The precise contents of the document are not yet known as Mr. Remarais was not present and the document was not accepted, however a member of the staff who saw the document reported that he is being accused of "association de malfaiteurs" (criminal association) and escroquerie (fraud)... Mr. Remarais is currently outside Haiti and is attempting to return to Haiti prior to the date indicated on the summons…

It is perhaps not a coincidence that a member of the Conseil des Sages (Council of the Wise) recently stated that all radio stations that permit bandits to speak over the airwaves should be shut down. It is believed that the term "bandits" may be a reference to anyone living in the populist districts…. Some human rights observers are already interpreting this action as a very disturbing act of intimidation against what remains of the independent media in Haiti, and believe that additional action by human rights defenders may be necessary.

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