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Vol. 79/No. 31 September 7, 2015
‘Stop Dominican government
attacks on Haitians’
Militant/Maggie Trowe
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Several hundred people joined a rally and march here
Aug. 14 to protest moves by the government of the Dominican Republic to
step up “denationalization” and deportation of Haitians and those of
Haitian descent. Steve Erias, a 23-year-old college senior, said the
Dominican police are “even kicking people out who were born there. They
are attacking people.”
Some people were handing out fliers calling for a boycott of the
Dominican Republic. “A boycott is wrong and the law is wrong,” office
worker Sherly Moreau said. “I have family in both the Dominican Republic
and Haiti. Haitians go to the DR just to find work.”
Marshals led chants such as “Haitian lives matter! Dominican lives
matter! Black lives matter! All lives matter!” and “No deportation, only
liberation.”
— DEAN HAZLEWOOD
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