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ALTERNATIVE CHANCE/CHANS ALTENATIV
A self-help, advocacy program for criminal deportees in Haiti |
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March 28, 2008 Alternative Chance/Michelle Karshan response to 2007 US State Dept Report issued March 11, 2008
challenges assertions made regarding treatment of Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti |
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Articles about Criminal Deportation to Haiti, Alternative Chance, and Criminal Deportation in general
Articles on Alternative Chance, Criminal Deportees, Criminal Deportation and Haiti |
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CONTACT US
Mailing, telephone, email, fax -- contact information |
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ATTENTION ATTORNEYS
For attorneys fighting criminal deportation from the United States |
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HOW YOU CAN HELP!
Donate money or materials, Volunteer in Haiti or the US. |
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Press Releases and Alerts
Alternative Chance Press Releases and Alerts on Haiti and Criminal Deportees/Deportation |
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Very Brief Overview of Haitian Government Response to Criminal Deportation to Haiti
Criminal Deportation to Haiti and Haitian government response |
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June 2006 Note on Our Work
Overview of Chans Altenativ work and thinking |
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Preliminary Report by Michelle Karshan on Police Executions & Torture of Criminal Deportees in Haiti 2004-2006
Criminal Deportees are often targeted for execution solely because of tatoos, the way they wear their clothes, gold teeth, and different behavoir and walk |
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Brief Overview of Haiti's Recent History
Haiti history for context |
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WHERE AM I? A Guide to Adjusting to Haiti Against Your Will (Excerpt)
This manual provides new criminal deportees in Haiti with an orientation on numerous subjects |
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Criminal Deportees in Haiti Receive No Food or Water in Jail
Criminal Deportees receive no food or water when imprisoned upon arriving in Haiti |
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Photos & Photo Credits
Photos of Alternative Chance and life in Haiti for criminal deportees |
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Our Outcast Youth
Short documentary by David Belle about Alternative Chance as told by three young men |
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LINKS
Resources: Our partners and other valuable resources |
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Links to Job Training, Job Readiness, and More
Job training, Job readiness, Job resources |
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Alternative Chance Haitian Art Gallery
Help support our work by visiting our Haitian Art Gallery |
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Are You a United States Citizen?
Comprehensive breakdown by the Florence Project on what makes someone a US citizen |
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Women Criminal Deportees in Haiti
International Women's Day and Women Criminal Deportees in Haiti |
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May 21, 2007 Advisory on the Continued Detention of Criminal Deportees Arriving in Haiti
Michelle Karshan documents Haiti's continued detention of Haiti's Criminal Deportees |
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New life is no life for U.S. ex-cons in Haiti
Chicago Tribune article about criminal deportees in Haiti |
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Haitian government announces it will imprison all Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti
Metropolehaiti, August 16, 2006, Haitian government announces it will put arriving Criminal Deportees in prison |
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Overview of Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ Past and Future Activities for Criminal Deportees in Haiti & those Challenging Criminal Deportation to Haiti, October 15, 2007
Priority Issues, Upcoming Family Camp, Collaborations, Human Rights Awards, Annual Benefit |
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Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ 2nd Annual Awards & Fundraising Dinner
Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ to hold annual dinner at Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant in South Beach November 8, 2007 |
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Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ Family Camp
First camp uniting children with their deported parent in Haiti for structured retreat |
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Donation/Reservation form
Fill in form to make donation, donate frequent flyer miles, or make reservations for annual dinner |
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Cases of Respondents Who Fear Imprisonment as Criminal Deportees to Haiti:
Haitian CAT cases since J-E |
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Haitian government announces it will imprison all Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti
METROPOLE HAITI
Mercredi, 16 août 2006 10:17
Le gouvernement décide d'incarcérer les haïtiens déportés
Le Ministère de l'intérieur a adopté de nouvelles mesures en vue de mieux gérer le dossier des haïtiens déportés par des pays de la région, a annoncé le directeur général dudit ministère, Lubrème Bien-aimé.
"Ces déportés qui ont purgé leur peine à l'étranger ne seront pas libérés dès leur arrivée en Haïti. Ils seront gardés dans un centre carcéral en attendant leur éventuelle réinsertion dans la société", a notamment déclaré à Radio Métropole le docteur Bien-aimé.
Des organisations de la société civile ont, à plusieurs reprises, critiqué le gouvernement pour la gestion du dossier des déportés. Selon ces organisations, ces haïtiens expulsés notamment des Etats-Unis après avoir commis des actes répréhensibles devraient être placés en isolement pendant un certain temps en attendant leur réinsertion dans la société.
Selon des organisations de défense des droits humains, des déportés seraient impliqués dans les actes de banditisme recencés dans la région métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince. Depuis le refoulement régulier en Haïti de plusieurs dizaines de déportés, l'insécurité gagne du terrain dans le pays, font encore remarquer ces organisations.
Depuis la récente mise en garde lancée aux bandits par le Président René Préval, l'on assiste à une légère baisse des cas de kidnapping et d'assassinat dans la capitale haïtienne. La Minustah et la Police nationale tentent de reprendre le contrôle de Cité Militaire, Cité Soleil et la zone de l'aéroport international de Port-au-Prince où plusieurs personnes avaient été kidnappées ou tuées par des membres de gangs armés.
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