Haiti lawyers on strike after arrest of HR specialist

Nearly 200 members of the Port-au-Prince Bar Association are on strike following the arrest of human rights lawyer Andre Michel - although Mr Michel was subsequently released.

Haitian lawyers seek the removal of the Government Commissioner Jiri Flogel

The president of the Bar Association, Carlos Hercules, said, according to The Sentinel, 'that Government Commissioner Francisco Rene threatens the livelihoods of lawyers when he seeks to persecute an attorney for acts caused by their clients'. The lawyers, supported by judges, are calling for the removal of the Government Commissioner whom they regard as a tool for 'political persecution of the administration's opponents'.

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