A view of the local courthouse in Belladère, Haiti. Photo by Murdith Joseph for The Haitian Times
A view of the local courthouse in Belladère, Haiti. Photo by Murdith Joseph for The Haitian Times

BELLADÈRE, Haiti — The day it happened, it was around noon, a man entered the kitchen where Eva is cooking. A friend of her husband, Eva is surprised to see him barge in, armed with a knife. A knife he uses to threaten and beat Eva. Then, he throws her onto the floor and rapes her. 

“After he was done, my attacker left quietly with no fear. It was the most terrible day of my life,” Eva, 30, said about the December attack. 

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Murdith Joseph is a social worker and journalist. She studied at the State University of Haiti and Maurice Communication. She first worked as a journalist presenter and reporter for Radio Sans Fin (RSF) then as a journalist reporter for Radio tele pacific and writting for the daily Le National. Today she joined the Haitian Times team and covers the news in Port-Au-Prince-Haiti.