Haiti: Fear for safety/unlawful killings

Index Number: AMR 36/063/2004
Date Published: 20 December 2004
Categories: Americas, Haiti

A prison riot on the night of 1 December left 10 prisoners dead and around 40 injured, according to official figures, but inmates have claimed that many more died, and that guards were "executing" prisoners. Visits to the prison have been severely restricted, making the true situation very difficult to assess. Prisoners who have spoken to journalists are feared to be at risk of reprisals from prison guards.