WORLD IN BRIEF : HAITI : Regime Muzzles Radio Newscasts
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Haiti’s military government continued its crackdown on dissent with police raids that halted newscasts of three independent radio stations in the northern port of Cap-Haitien, a witness said. The witness, an employee of Radio Citadelle, said that armed plainclothes officers burst into the station shortly after a newscast that reported on weekend arrests, beatings and the exile of political activists. He said that similar raids occurred at Radio Voix du Nord and Radio Cap-Haitien.
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