Haiti Judge Accused Of Alleged Coup Plot Released From Prison: Lawyer
02/11/21 AT 11:09 PM
A Haitian Supreme Court judge who was arrested on charges of taking part in an alleged coup plot has been released from prison, his attorney said Thursday.
Judge Yvickel Dieujuste Dabresil was just freed and has returned home, his lawyer Marc-Antoine Maisonneuve told AFP.
With Haiti in another political crisis as protesters take to the streets to denounce President Jovenel Moise, Dabresil was among 23 people arrested over the weekend on suspicion of an attempted coup.
The protesters say Moise s term ended Sunday but the president insists he has another year in office.
Haiti judge accused of alleged coup plot released from prison: lawyer
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was arrested on charges of taking part in an alleged coup plot has been
released from prison, his attorney said Thursday.
Judge Yvickel Dieujuste Dabresil “was just freed” and has returned home,
his lawyer Marc-Antoine Maisonneuve told AFP.
With Haiti in another political crisis as protesters take to the streets to
denounce President Jovenel Moise, Dabresil was among 23 people arrested over
the weekend on suspicion of an “attempted coup.”
The protesters say Moise’s term ended Sunday but the president insists he
has another year in office.
Moise has been ruling by decree for a year because there is no parliament
Haitian police on Wednesday fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters who were marching against Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, and attacked journalists covering the demonstration, in the latest clashes to mark the country’s political crisis.
The protesters accuse Moise of illegally extending his term in office.
Moise has said that it lasts until February next year, but the opposition has said that it should have ended last weekend.
Police moved to violently clear the demonstration and, on several occasions, were seen directly targeting clearly identified members of the media.
“Their job is to shoot the activists, throwing gas on all the press,”