Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened by the news that radio
journalist *Jean Liphète Nelson* was gunned down yesterday in Cité Soleil,
the poorest neighbourhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The manager of Radio Boukman, http://www.radioboukman.com/ a community and
educational radio station based in Cité Soleil, Nelson was widely respected
for his humanitarian commitment to serving the inhabitants of this
politically sensitive district. Aged 38, he was the father of five children.
"We had several meetings with Nelson and the staff of *Radio Boukman*, the
station he helped to found in June 2006," Reporters Without Borders said.
"He was totally committed to his community and had told us of his desire to
change the perception of Cité Soleil, which is too often seen as just the
bastion of criminal gangs.
"Through *Radio Boukman* and the various social programmes he oversaw, he
wanted to improve the situation and status of a segment of the population
that tends to be ostracized. Radio Boukman also played a crucial role as a
relay of information during the January 2010 earthquake.
http://en.rsf.org/haiti-media-slowly-resurfacing-12-04-2010,36993.html We
hope the station's young staff will be able to consolidate and advance this
heritage. We also hope that justice will be quickly rendered to Nelson and
his family and that he will receive the tribute he deserves from the
Haitian government."
Nelson and four other people were driving in a *Radio Boukman* vehicle in
Bois Neuf, a part of Cité Soleil, when they came under fire from four
heavily armed individuals. One of the passengers, Alexandre Marcus, was
killed on spot. Nelson's young brother, Jean Robert Nelson, was hit in the
leg. Nelson, who was also hit, was taken to a Médecins Sans Frontières
hospital where he died of his injuries soon afterwards. The news of his
death caused tension in Cité Soleil.
There is as yet no evidence that Nelson's murder was definitely linked to
his work. But this possibility must not be ruled out on the grounds that
there has of late been an increase in this kind of violence in the capital.
Nelson was a well known and recognisable figure in Cité Soleil, where and
his radio station may have threatened the interests of certain criminal
gangs.
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