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STORY: HAITI / LYNCHING
TRT: 4.36
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CREOLE
DATELINE: 7 and 8 Feb 2013, Belle-Anse, Mapou, HAITI
7 February 2013, route to Belle-Anse, south east of Haiti
1. Pan left, landscape of Belle Anse
2. Tracking shot, trees and landscape
3. Wide shot, UN vehicle on the road
4. Med shot, UN vehicle on the road
5. Close up, Donna Plotkin, UN human rights officer, talking to people
6. Wide shot, Plotkin talking
7. Med shot, Mercidieu Pierre, mayor of Belle Anse, and a member of the UN delegation listening
8. Med shot, audience listening
9. Close up, Jeffrey Clark Lochard, UN public information officer, talking to audience
10. Med shot, Lochard talking
11. Tilt up, police writing notes
12. Med shot, participants handing over form
13. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mercidieu Pierre, Mayor of Belle-Anse:
“In our role, we are used to doing sensitization and telling the population that nobody is authorized to take justice into their own hands. Today we see that the MINUSTAH justice section is committed to fighting against this phenomenon. We congratulate this.”
14. Med shot, Remisse Pierre, community radio host, speaking into microphone
15. Pan right, Pierre welcomes Lochard into the studio
16. Close up, hand mixing sound board
17. Close up, computer screen
18. Med shot, Pierre and Lochard talking
19. Close up, sound board
20. Med shot, Lochard talking into microphone
21. Wide shot, Pierre in studio, with Lochard in the background
22. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Remisse Pierre, host of the community radio of Belle Anse (R.C.B):
“This phenomenon isn’t good for the country and the community where we are living. I think it’s time for us, as communicators, to assist the population and to prevent mob justice. Because there are institutions in charge of carrying out justice.”
8 February 2013, Mapou, south east of Haiti
23. Tracking shot, sign of Mapou
24. Tracking shot, farmers on the street
25. Wide shot, motorcycle travels down road.
26. Close up, farmer walking
27. Tracking shot, Jeffrey Clark Lochard, UN public information officer, talking into megaphone doing sensitization
28. Close up, Lochard doing sensitization
29. Wide shot, Lochard in the village
30. Close up, woman listening
31. Med shot, villagers repeating Lochard’s words
32. Wide shot, Lochard talking to villagers
33. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jeffrey Clark Lochard, MINUSTAH public Information officer:
“In 2011, we came here to investigate what happened. Today, we are coming back to share our observations and sensitize the population about lynching. In about 6 months or one year we are going to come back and assess the reaction among the population. These surveys will allow us to appraise if lynching is decreasing or not.”
34. Close up, flag in front of Mapou tribunal
35. Close up, entrance to the tribunal
36. Wide shot, people coming out of the tribunal
37. Wide shot, children walking out of village
38. Med shot, Soniece Lafleur, villager, getting out of her home
39. Tracking shot, Lafleur walking
40. Pan left, Lafleur walking away
41. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Soniece Lefleur, villager, mother of a victim:
“God willing, what happened to me won’t happen to someone else. Because everybody knows it’s the villagers who do this. No one else. This was done by them. Be it right or wrong, we can’t do anything about it now. We can only say ‘um’.”
42. Wide shot, Donna Plotkin, UN human rights officer, talking to villagers
43. Close up, villagers listening
44. Med shot, villagers listening
45. Close up, villager listening
46. Pan right, Lochard welcomes Lefleur
47. Various shots, sensitization session
48. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Donna Plotkin, human rights officer, MINUSTAH:
“We are trying to talk to the population, the police and justice authorities to inform them about this phenomenon that is called lynching. They have to know it is not normal. This is a crime. And we should take care of it until it ends.”
7 February 2013, Belle-Anse, south east of Haiti
49. Wide shot, Belle-Anse’s police station
50. Med shot, entrance of police station
51. Close up, Belle-Anse’s new tribunal sign
52. Wide shot, exterior of new tribunal
In the southeastern district of Belle-Anse, in the Caribbean country of Haiti, although the practice of lynching people has been criminalized, it is still common.
The district is in a remote area and difficult to access.
A team from the regional MINUSTAH office visits the area to inform the local population about the perils of killing someone without a judicial decision.
This sensitization session is taking place in the town hall, in the presence of the district authorities and civil society.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mercidieu Pierre, Mayor of Belle-Anse:
“In our role, we are used to doing sensitization and telling the population that nobody is authorized to take justice into their own hands. Today we see that the MINUSTAH justice section is committed to fighting against this phenomenon. We congratulate this.”
The best way to get the message across is through radio. “Radio Communautaire de Belle Anse” is the only radio station in the city. A young radio host is here to broadcast the message. Remisse Pierre is committed to fighting against mob violence. And he knows that there can be no education without information. People need to know their rights and stop their involvement in mob violence.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Remisse Pierre, radio host of Community radio of Belle Anse (R.C.B):
“This phenomenon isn’t good for the country and the community where we live. It’s time for us, as communicators, to assist the population and to prevent mob justice. Because justice is the responsibility of institutions.”
Mapou is another area in the southeast where lynching is very common.
A MINUSTAH public information officer is spreading the news by megaphone.
The entire population has gathered for this unusual event.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jeffrey Clark Lochard, public information officer, MINUSTAH,
“In 2011, we came here to investigate what happened. Today, we are coming back to share our observations and sensitize the population about lynching. In about 6 months or one year we are going to come back and assess the reaction among the population. These surveys will allow us to appraise if lynching is decreasing or not.”
Once a suspect is arrested, he is to be taken to court to be judged. Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen here. Soniece Lafleur is a 60 year old woman who lost her oldest son. He was killed by a mob when they caught him stealing a solar panel. She is eager to take part in the sensitization meeting on mob violence.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Soniece Lafleur, villager, mother of a victim:
“God willing, what happened to me won’t happen to someone else. Because everybody knows it’s the villagers who do this. No one else. This was done by them. Be it right or wrong, we can’t do anything about it now. We can only say ‘um’.”
The MINUSTAH Human Right section designed the campaign with the goal of making everyone take responsibility in the fight against mob violence.
SOUNDBITE (Ceole) Donna Piotkin, human rights officer, MINUSTAH:
“We are trying to talk to the population, the police and justice authorities to inform them about this phenomenon that is called lynching. They have to know it is not normal. This is a crime. And we should take care of it until it ends.”
The message to the residents is clear: lynching is a crime and no one should carry out his or her own justice.
