A number of police officers have taken to blocking streets, erecting barricades of burning tires, and setting vehicles on fire in protest, demanding better working conditions and their right to organize a union.

The chief inspector general of the Police National d’Haiti, Hervé Julien, said he was saddened by this situation. After 24 years of career in the national police, he said he cannot fathom the situation the national police finds itself in according to Le Nouvelliste. Continue reading

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