Caribbean Groups Debate Responses to Alleged ’Ethnic Cleansing’ Against Haitians teleSUR | |
go to original November 4, 2017 |
The 7th Assembly of Caribbean People (ACP) took place in the Dominican Republic at the end of October.
Dedicated mainly to the memories of Che Guevara (50 years after his killing in Bolivia) and Fidel Castro (approaching the first anniversary of his passing in Havana), it attracted participation by representatives from Caribbean and Latin American states, including: Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican republic, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The meeting, from October 26 to 30, was held amid some quiet calls for a boycott of meetings there, to protest the government’s continuing deportation of Haitians.
Over a hundred thousand Haitians have been systematically expelled under controversial laws adopted by the Santo Domingo administration - including persons born there - resulting in strong allegations of ‘ethnic cleansing’ against the overwhelmingly Black Haitians.
The systematic application of the D.R.’s anti-immigrant laws has been roundly condemned by the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR), Caribbean political parties, advocacy groups and related entities.
CARICOM has put the D.R.’s long-standing application for full membership on hold until the apparent ethnic cleansing campaign is stopped.
But with the protests seeming to get nowhere, some advocates are suggesting an international boycott of meetings and conferences in the D.R. -- akin to that against Apartheid South Africa decades ago.
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