A U.N. official expressed support Wednesday for Haitian victims of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime who plan to appeal a judge’s recommendation that calls for trying the ex-leader only for alleged financial crimes and not human rights abuses.
The appeals process began this week after Haiti’s attorney general received the finding of an investigative magistrate recommending [...]
A small band of protesters called Tuesday for Haitian President Michel Martelly to prove he’s eligible for office as they destroyed posters that bore images of the leader.
The 100 or so demonstrators said Martelly should heed requests by lawmakers to show his travel documents in an effort to dispel allegations that he holds dual nationality, [...]
As it prepares to make Chicago its North American headquarters, the German-based ThyssenKrupp manufacturing company is facing allegations that company supervisors in the city created a hostile and intimidating work environment for an African-American employee.
A superintendent at ThyssenKrupp used the N-word “routinely” around African-American sales representative Montrelle Reese, according to a November finding by the [...]
Human rights groups harshly criticized a Haitian judge Monday after he recommended former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier face trial only on corruption charges — and not for rights abuses during his brutal 15-year rule.
The organizations, both Haitian and foreign, said Investigative Magistrate Carves Jean ignored critical testimony that would’ve given weight to a prosecution of the [...]
An easy case followed by a harder case: At the beginning January, Israel’s Channel 2 reported that it had encountered in the town of Kiryat Malachi what used to be called here in the United States a “restrictive covenant.” Such a covenant is a legal device that enables the seller (or renter) of real estate [...]
