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Haiti - Social : Clash between students and police force
23/08/2016 12:05:39

Haiti - Social : Clash between students and police force

The end of the occupation at the beginning of the offices of the rectorate of the State University of Haiti (UEH) and the Directorate of Post-Graduate Studies (DEP), illegally occupied by a group of alleged students since 5 February https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18200-haiti-flash-end-of-6-months-of-occupation-to-the-rectorate-of-ueh.html did not end the protest movements of these supposed "students".

Monday, "students" whose list of claims does not seem to end, have taken concrete and erected barricades of burning tires in several strategic places of Christophe Avenue. They thus paralyzed the nrollment in entrance examination, forced the postponement of exams and made it impossible to validate registrations for candidate to INAGHEI, FASCH and IERAH-ISERSS.

Highly motivated protesters threatened to make fail the organization of the admission exams for the new academic year if they do not get satisfaction of their claims...

Agents of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) were deployed and had to repeatedly use tear gas to disperse, often under the throwing stones and bottles, the protesters near the faculties.

Much of the day the situation remained tense. The Operation Brigade andof Departmental Intervention (BOID) intervened in reinforcements and fired in the air live ammunition, according to the testimony of residents, to calm and disperse the last boldest protesters...

TB/ HaitiLibre



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