On Friday April 8, 2022, several dozen lawyers in gowns accompanied by Marie Suzy Legros, president of the Bar Association of Port-au-Prince, demonstrated in front of the residence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
PORT-AU-PRINCE In gang-ridden Haiti going to court has become so dangerous for lawyers that they avoid it altogether: at one lower-level tribunal no hearings or trials have been held for months."In February we had seven kidnappings within our ranks and one lawyer shot," Marie Suzy Legros, president of the bar association in Port-au-Prince, told AFP.Legros was among dozens
In gang-ridden Haiti going to court has become so dangerous for lawyers that they avoid it altogether: at one lower-level tribunal no hearings or trials have been held for months.