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Weekly Report - 20 June 2006
HAITI: First 'political prisoner' released
The first of the former Aristide officials still held in prison was released on parole on 16 June, only days after Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis told the legislature that he would be giving urgent attention to the situation of those who many consider political prisoners.
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