Haiti Support Group - Haitian Newspapers

Welcome to the Haiti Support Group web site.

The latest additions to this site - last updated in mid-October 2008 - can be found at:

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Up-to-date news of what's happening in Haiti can be found at:
Haiti News Briefs
To contact the Haiti Support Group please send an email: haitisupport@gn.apc.org

What is the Haiti Support Group?
The Haiti Support Group (HSG) is an association of individuals who support the Haitian people in their struggle for justice, human rights, and participatory democracy. It is a solidarity group based in the United Kingdom. The HSG was launched in June 1992 in the aftermath of the military coup d'état that overthrew the democratic government.

Since the 1994 United Nations-sanctioned military intervention to restore the constitutional government, the Haiti Support Group has focused on developing contacts with grassroots and popular organisations in Haiti, believing that these organisations are the most dynamic and representative expressions of the Haitian people's desire for real democracy, justice and equitable development.
According to these grassroots organisations, although there is now a formal democracy in Haiti, in practice however the poor majority continues to be excluded from a meaningful participation in the democratic process. The Haitian people understand development, and how it is best achieved in their country. Yet the organisations that represent them have not been allowed to play a proper role in the development or implementation of policies for the economic, political and social reconstruction of Haiti.

What does the Haiti Support Group do?
The Haiti Support Group monitors developments in Haiti, and disseminates information and advice to a wide range of individuals and organisations about the real issues and true context of the unfolding situation. To receive weekly emails with topical articles of interest concerning Haiti, subscription details can be found by clicking here:

Every three months, the Haiti Support Group publishes a four-page newsletter - Haiti Briefing - containing news, analysis, reviews and photos - subscription details

The Haiti Support Group also carries out small scale initiatives in solidarity with the democratic, popular movement in Haiti. These include organising public meetings and speaking tours by Haitian activists, and supporting campaigns such as the one backing the rights of Haitian workers.. In addition, we act as a link between Haitian grassroots organisations and progressive groups in the UK. See summaries of the Haiti Support Group's work.

Catalogue from the 1995 Haiti Support Group exhibition - "Haiti:Photos, Paintings, Ironworks" at the October Gallery, London.

From time to time, we also organise cultural events, such as exhibitions of Haitian art, as a way of publicising the rich Haitian culture and raising awareness of Haiti among the British public. Past events and forthcoming events.

We hope that this site will be of interest to those who know little about Haiti as well as those who know something already.
We have set out with the following aims:
To introduce the work of the Haiti Support Group;
To highlight the continuing struggle of the Haitian people for a genuine democracy and for equitable economic development;
To provide some practical information for those wanting to find out more about Haiti and for those who want to visit the country.

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The Haiti Support Group is grateful to Christian Aid and CAFOD for providing financial assistance for the production of this web site.

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