Pwosè Raboto: Lavèy ouvèti pwosè a

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Title:
Pwosè Raboto: Lavèy ouvèti pwosè a
Alternative Title:
  • Procès de Raboteau : À la veille du procès
  • Raboteau trial: On the eve of the trial
Program Name:
Procès de Raboteau
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Date:
September 28, 2000
Description:

  • Nan lavèy ouvèti pwosè Raboto a, jounalis Grégory Casimir entèvyouve Fritz Désir, ki se pòtpawòl viktim Raboto yo, epi Marie Roussette Nicolas, ansyen majistra Gonayiv epi moun Raboto. Yo chak dekri sa yo viv pandan masak 22 avril 1994 la, epi jan yo wè sityasyon aktyèl nan Raboto a. Désir dekri koman sòlda te bat li pandan li te gen yon ti pitit li nan men li. Madam li te sèt mwa gwo vant, epi li pèdi pitit la aprè. Li te wè yon fiziye Claude Jean ("Ti Claude") ki te mouri a. Menm lè lame a di moun ki soti nan katye popilè tankou Raboto konn fè rebelyon, "si te gen rezistans, ta gen militè ki mouri." Gen anpil kadav ki pa t ka menm idantifye. Nicolas deklare se te Michel Ange Ménard ki te tire sou li, epi li te wè atache FRAPH ki t ap fè vyolans.

  • À la veille de l’ouverture du procès de Raboteau, le journaliste Grégory Casimir rencontre Fritz Désir, porte-parole des victimes de Raboteau, Marie Roussette Nicolas, ancien maire des Gonaïves et résidente de Raboteau. Chacun décrit ce qu’il a vécu durant le massacre du 22 avril 1994, et comment il voit la situation actuelle de Raboteau. Désir décrit comment il a été battu par un soldat alors qu’il tenait son enfant. Sa femme était enceinte de sept mois et elle a perdu l’enfant. Il a vu tuer Claude Jean (Ti Claude). L’armée prétend que les gens de Raboteau sont des rebelles, et que s’ils avaient laissé s’étendre la résistance, il y aurait eu beaucoup de militaires tués. Nicolas déclare que Michel Ange Ménard a tiré sur elle, et qu’elle a été témoin des violences perpétrées par des attachés du FRAPH.

  • On the eve of the beginning of the Raboteau trial, journalist Grégory Casimir interviews Fritz Désir, the spokesperson for the Raboteau victims, and Marie Roussette Nicolas, former mayor of Gonaïves and resident of Raboteau. They each describe their experiences during the 22 April 1994 massacre, as well as the current situation in Raboteau. Désir describes how soldiers beat him as he held his young child. His wife was seven months pregnant, and later miscarried. He saw Claude Jean ("Ti Claude") shot dead. While the army claims that people from slums like Raboteau are rebellious, "if there had been resistance, there would have been soldiers who died." Many bodies were never even identified. Nicolas describes being shot at by Michel Ange Ménard, and she also witnessed violence by FRAPH members.

Program Type:
Interview
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Language:
Haitian; Haitian Creole
Tape ID:
RL10059CS1729
Rights:
Limited Re-Use
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Digital Collection:
Radio Haiti Archive
Source Collection:
Radio Haiti audio recordings, 1957-2003
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  • RL10059-CS-1729_01
  • ark:/87924/r4r49m816
  • dab730e4-1918-45a0-bd6a-50f113b63451
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