Dilcia Jean, Violeta Bosico. Photo published under the authority of the United Nations.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica.- The Inter-American Human Rights Court began its 95th session today with hearings on two cases of massacres in Guatemala and Dominican Republic and one related to a traffic accident in Argentina.
The judges will start hearings on the case known as "Nadege Dorzema against the Dominican Republic" or "The slaughter of Guayubín" in reference to the
alleged shooting of six Haitians near the Dominican-Haiti border, by Dominican Army soldiers in 2000.
According to the complaint filed with the Court in February 2011, Dominican Army troops fired at a vehicle carrying a group of Haitians, and although the case was tried in military courts, the victims’ relatives requested hearings in ordinary tribunals.
After several years of proceedings, the military court acquitted the soldiers involved.
It’s the third major case by alleged Haitian or Haitian-Dominican victims against Dominican Republic since 2000, including Haiti rights activist Sonia Pierre and the Haitian-Dominican girls Dilcia Jean and Violeta Bosico, who won their case for denial of an ID to attend school.
From: Haiti
GOOD WORK
SONIA PIERRE your dream will realise a day!
Written by: generoso, 18 Jun 2012 6:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
A truck full of illegal Haitians disregarded the stop order of the DR military outpost, and nearly ran over the military guards injuring some. The DR military chased in pursuit of the truck and they refused to stop, after being ordered to pull over several times. The soldiers decided to shoot the tires off and the truck driver lost control and crashed. The soldiers testified that they were shots fired from an occupant inside the truck, and they responded in kind.
This could have happened in any other country in the world and the actions of the military guards, would have been the same. If they where shot at or not by the Haitians, is irrelevant as they refused a stop order, and decided to evade the pursuers, endangering the occupants as well as the soldiers, and any passers by that could have been injured.
This incident happened in the transition period after Hipoloco Mejía was already the elected president.
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
kakaman, what the hell is "your dream will realise a day?
You mean something like "your dream will come true one day"
Go learn some English you Haitian moron. Solage Pie was Haitian, and die a Haitian, never Dominican like she claimed when she was alive; an irrelevant character to us Dominican.
From: Haiti
please mr dont be silent
forgive my babie kiskeyaman
he retarded
i dropped on head many times
thank you god bless
From: United States
@ generoso isnt that always the story we thought he had a gun. the soldiers shooting @ the truck didnt it put civilian in danger. pppplllllllzzzzz
Written by: generoso, 19 Jun 2012 8:12 AM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
the_haitian
Soldiers where following the truck for 17 kilometers, had they wanted to shoot them, they would have done so long before.
The Haitians where killed when the truck overturned in a curve 5 km from "El Copey". The truck had already violated the border checkpoints, and was reported to CESFRONT be carrying contraband weapons and drugs, when it was chased by four members of the DR military.
The truck driver used his truck as a lethal weapon, to try to evade capture, end of story.
Don't blind yourself to the truth, because of your country's allegiance to their nationals.
Written by: RonEvane 
, 19 Jun 2012 9:23 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
There are two sides to every story...Let's wait to hear what the other is.
I'm glad this is surfacing again. We'll finally get to the bottom of what really took place!
Adorable kids in the photo. May they grow in peace and have a happy life!
From: Haiti
Don't be silen
You are too idiot for understand.
Go to learn ENGLISH because I don't understand all of your gibberish.
From: United States
KISKEYAMAN
wrong : "You are too idiot for understand" "Go to learn english"
Stop using google translator.
From: Dominican Republic
Wow! the editors erased danny00 comments...I think!
Written by: generoso, 19 Jun 2012 5:55 PM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
Good riddance of Danny00 comments, nobody has the right to spam consecutive garbage messages in a row. Next comes banishment from DT.
Written by: tartesos, 19 Jun 2012 9:11 PM
From: United States
You cross a border and refuse to stop, you will be shot!! Anywhere in the wolf
Even from Canada to USA the largest unprotected border in the world.
It happens in the Mexico us border all te time. Why is this in the interamerican hr court?
Prohaitians- against DR and their campaign. Wether it's won or lost, it's out there and it didntIt belong there... The damage to our image is already done, little by little.
Written by: tartesos, 19 Jun 2012 9:14 PM
From: United States
And those wimps waited 17 kn to shoot them? I would have shot them 16.9 km sooner! Lol
From: United States
@ generoso dead man tell no tale. i am haitian that is true. but i am not against or for the soldiers. i am for the truth. if the soldiers did what they say they did they were in the right they were doing their job. i cant fault them for that. but as you know we on dt was not there and the truth is always lost in translation
From: United States
3 ??????????
How about 3 a day??
From: Dominican Republic
@tartesos,
You said.. "You cross a border and refuse to stop, you will be shot!! Anywhere in the world"
Not necessarily true. The border patrol in USA does not shoot Mexicans that walk across the border, or Dominicans when we land in PR. Deadly force is only use as a last resort. Mainly to prevent a deadly act to you or others. Some countries would shot you at first sight, but we should not try to follow this example.
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SONIA PIERRE your dream will realise a day!
This could have happened in any other country in the world and the actions of the military guards, would have been the same. If they where shot at or not by the Haitians, is irrelevant as they refused a stop order, and decided to evade the pursuers, endangering the occupants as well as the soldiers, and any passers by that could have been injured.
This incident happened in the transition period after Hipoloco Mejía was already the elected president.
You mean something like "your dream will come true one day"
Go learn some English you Haitian moron. Solage Pie was Haitian, and die a Haitian, never Dominican like she claimed when she was alive; an irrelevant character to us Dominican.
forgive my babie kiskeyaman
he retarded
i dropped on head many times
thank you god bless
Soldiers where following the truck for 17 kilometers, had they wanted to shoot them, they would have done so long before.
The Haitians where killed when the truck overturned in a curve 5 km from "El Copey". The truck had already violated the border checkpoints, and was reported to CESFRONT be carrying contraband weapons and drugs, when it was chased by four members of the DR military.
The truck driver used his truck as a lethal weapon, to try to evade capture, end of story.
Don't blind yourself to the truth, because of your country's allegiance to their nationals.
There are two sides to every story...Let's wait to hear what the other is.
I'm glad this is surfacing again. We'll finally get to the bottom of what really took place!
Adorable kids in the photo. May they grow in peace and have a happy life!
You are too idiot for understand.
Go to learn ENGLISH because I don't understand all of your gibberish.
wrong : "You are too idiot for understand" "Go to learn english"
Stop using google translator.
Even from Canada to USA the largest unprotected border in the world.
It happens in the Mexico us border all te time. Why is this in the interamerican hr court?
Prohaitians- against DR and their campaign. Wether it's won or lost, it's out there and it didntIt belong there... The damage to our image is already done, little by little.
How about 3 a day??
You said.. "You cross a border and refuse to stop, you will be shot!! Anywhere in the world"
Not necessarily true. The border patrol in USA does not shoot Mexicans that walk across the border, or Dominicans when we land in PR. Deadly force is only use as a last resort. Mainly to prevent a deadly act to you or others. Some countries would shot you at first sight, but we should not try to follow this example.