An eighth journalist has been killed in Haiti this year, the Inter American Press Association said.
Fritz Dorilas, who worked for Radio Télé Megastar and co-hosted a program called"Le droit, la loi et la justice," which translates to"The law and justice," was gunned down near his home in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Nov. 5, according to local media.
"We continue to deplore crimes against journalists this bloody year in our region," said Carlos Jornet, an editor and the chair of the association's committee on freedom of the press and information, in a statement. Jornet also urged law enforcement to investigate the pattern of killings targeting members of the media. Dorilas was killed in the community of Tabarre, which has seen a rise in gang violence.
A journalist sits on the hood of a police car as protesters attempt to confiscate the police vehicle during a protest against the death of journalist Romelson Vilsaint, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022.Dorilas' death marked at least the eighth murder of a Haitian journalist so far this year. Online journalist Romelo Vilsaint died on Oct.
Also last month, authorities found the body of slain radio journalist Garry Tess, and said that Roberson Alphonse, a reporter for Le Nouvelliste newspaper, survived a murder attempt. Alphone underwent several surgeries in Haiti and was then flown to the U.S., where he is recovering, according to Frantz Duval, the newspaper's chief editor.
According to the Inter American Press Association, at least 39 journalists and members of the media were murdered in 10 countries this year, including Haiti and the U.S.
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