HIP - Port au Prince, Haiti -One protestor was killed as UN forces opened fire during a funeral for Catholic priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste. A human rights advocate and well-known supporter of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Lavalas movement, Jean-Juste died on May 27 in a Miami hospital from complications following a stroke and long respiratory illness.
Eyewitnesses report today's shooting incident involving the UN began after mourners began chanting slogans for the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide outside of Haiti's national cathedral. Members of Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti's largest political party were barred from participating in the last Senate election...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
"UN guns down one, Opens Fire on crowd at funeral of revered Haitian priest," The Dominion, June 19, 2009.
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