16210: (Hermantin)Miami-Herald-OPPOSITION POLITICIAN Reported Beaten in Jail (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

HAITI

OPPOSITION POLITICIAN

REPORTED BEATEN IN JAIL

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- An opposition politician jailed on charges of possessing
illegal weapons was badly beaten while in police custody, a human rights
advocate said Wednesday.

Haitian authorities denied assertions that police beat Judith Roy with iron
bars and then stomped on her after she was arrested last week.

Activists belonging to the National Coalition for Haitian Rights learned of
the alleged beating when they met Roy in a women's prison Monday, where they
said she was unable to move her arm and appeared in pain, having difficulty
sitting and standing.

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