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Haiti's Struggle for Democracy(10 images)
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Story Nominated for Visa d'Or News, Visa Pour L'image 2005
Photographer Nominated for 'Young Photographer of the Year', Visa Pour L'image, 2005.

Port Au Prince, Haiti 2005: there is a systematic campaign to intimidate and eliminate pro-aristide and lavalas supporters in haiti prior to the UN sponsored elections in october and november of 2005. it is a campaign that has...
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  • mesnal delarge, a lavalas activist who was shot and killed by haitian national police while participating in a peaceful pro-aristide rally, is laid to rest by members of his family. haitian police has repeatedly, and frequently just yards away from MINUSTAH forces, shot at peaceful demonstrators. mesnal was one of 5 people killed on april 27th demonstration<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • pro-aristide protestors in cite soleil. lavalas activists continue to organize protest marches in cities like port au prince and cap haitian despite violence directed against them by the haitian national police<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • people scramble to escape gun fire directed at a pro-aristide march as it made its way into cite soleil - the source of the gun fire was unclear, but the haitian national police was suspected as they have frequently fired at unarmed pro-aristide demonstrators in the past resulting in many deaths and injuries<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • MINUSTAH troops keep a close eye on a pro-aristide protest march as it makes it way through port au prince. troops from brazil, jordan, pakistan, chile, sri lanka and nepal make up the MINUSTAH presence in haiti.<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • a wounded man is taken into hiding in a private house in bel air. a haitian police death squad operation left nearly 6 people dead and over a dozen injured. the injured refuse to go to hospitals for fear of arrest or being killed and are hidden in private homes<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • mesnal delarge's sister reacts after seeing the body of her brother who was shot and killed while marching in a pro-aristide rally in port au prince. the haitian national police has frequently fired upon peaceful demonstrators, often right in front of MINUSTAH troops<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • Paula Anne Sylvina, her daughter and other family members mourn the critical wounding of her daughter Jordan Josette during a haition police death squad operation in bel air. possibly 6 people were killed and over a dozen injured in the raid that targeted lavalas supporters and activists<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • a victim of a haitian police raid in the bel air slum - the injured are hidden in homes because they are too afraid that going to the hospital would mean certain arrest.<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • a man lies dead, allegedly as a result of MINUSTAH forces firing into heavily populated civilian areas. witnesses said that UN forces were involved in a gun fight with local armed men but that they had responded with indiscriminate and heavy weapons fire in all directions<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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  • a general view of cite soleil, one of the many slums in the city of port au prince and a stronghold of pro-aristide supporters and activists<br /> By photographer Asim Rafiqui
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