Haiti - Justice : Temporary suspension of mass releases of detainees
As part of the fight against prolonged pre-trial detention, following the announcement of the release Thursday of 500 new prisoners, after the 250 already released Monday 12 December https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19508-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html and face the concern expressed by human rights organizations, the Port-au-Prince Government Commissioner, Jean Danton Léger, has agreed to suspend temporarily the announced releases.
He pointed out that this temporary suspension was in the interests of transparency, in order to allow these organizations to see the files, to ensure that there were no dangerous criminals on the list and to eliminate all traces of suspicion before their release.
