
Remembering the Haiti Earthquake: Ten Years On
Today marks 10 years to the day since the devastating Haiti earthquake killed close to 300,000 people. The tragedy hit us very hard at the

Haiti Ten Years On: Earthquake Commemoration
Please join the Haiti Support Group and friends on Sunday 12th January from 3 until 9 p.m. to remember the 300,000 Haitians who tragically lost

On the death of Charlot Jeudy, LGBTQ rights activist: Haiti Support Group statement
Charlot Jeudy was only 34 when he was found dead, under suspicious circumstances. His death is an agonising blow to the cause of equality both

Haiti Debate at the University of Liverpool: Colonialism, Occupation and the United Nations
Join us at the University of Liverpool for a panel debate about Haiti’s future after the UN withdrawal in October 2019. Organised by The Europe and the

The Haitian community in the Bahamas was hardest hit by Hurricane Dorian. Now anti-Haitianism threatens to hit harder.
A disaster hits and chaos ensues. Within the shock and the trauma, as the winds settle and people uncurl, look up and look around, chaos

Haiti Support Group: Oxfam works with ‘culture of impunity’
Original article by Angus Randall of Talk Radio here The Haiti Support Group has accused Oxfam of having a “culture of impunity”, after a report

Invitation: Haiti Support Group AGM & Annual Party
Dear Haiti Watcher, On Saturday 29th June, friends and supporters of the Haiti Support Group will be gathering in London for our Annual General Meeting.

Petrocaribe Protests in Haiti: An Update from the Haiti Support Group
Once again, Haiti is back in the headlines with reports that play on the image of the country as a place of endemic instability, violence

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan? Haiti Really Deserves Better than this…
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard a positive news story about Haiti.” said the comedian Romesh Ranganathan before his recent trip to the country. Apparently, he

Phillip Wearne – A Tribute from the Haiti Support Group
Phillip Wearne – A Tribute “The people have spoken – the bastards!” muttered a US Embassy official at the count of the Haitian Presidential elections

The Past and Future of Rights Cinema: It Stays With You
It Stays With You: Use of Force by UN Peacekeepers in Haiti (2017, 50 mins.) Between 2005-2007 UN peacekeeping troops carried out several raids on

A revolutionary legacy: Haiti and Toussaint Louverture
The British Museum, in association with the The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, presents: A revolutionary legacy: Haiti and Toussaint Louverture. This temporary spotlight display opens on February 22nd and runs

Doing “good” in Haiti: our response to the Oxfam scandal
A Statement from Antony Stewart, Chair of the Haiti Support Group This week, as Chair of the Haiti Support Group, I was interviewed on Newsnight

UPDATE: Donald Trump and Haiti. Help us shut his comments down
UPDATE, 12th January 2018: Today marks eight years after the Léogâne Earthquake and Trump is, once again, spewing garbage about Haiti having yesterday called it a

David Nicholls Memorial Trust Annual Lecture: Podcast
David Nicholls Memorial Trust (DNMT) Annual Lecture: ‘New’ Governors of the Dew – Professor Andrew Leak, University College London On Monday 16th October, 2017 the

Ghetto Biennale Catalogue Launch
The Ghetto Biennale is a cross-cultural arts festival held in two adjacent informal neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince. This illustrated catalogue documents the first four events which

Mission Accomplished? UN Blamed for Cholera in Haiti
Significant outbreaks of cholera had never been recorded in Haiti before 2010. But then UN peacekeepers dumped raw sewage into the water supply. Haiti Support

80 Years On: Revisiting the Massacre
This article originally appeared on NPR on October 7, 2017. The piece was written by Marlon Bishop and Tatiana Fernández. You can listen to the podcast

Fighting for Freedom
The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) heralded the beginning of the end of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, and the overthrow of colonial powers. Successive revolutions have

Puerto Rico Needs Help, But Not Like Haiti
FÈ ATENSYON. Haiti 2010 is not the intervention model you want for Puerto Rico. Last month, hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico hard. Most

The David Nicholls Memorial Trust Annual Lecture
The David Nicholls Memorial Trust Annual Lecture: ‘New’ Governors of the Dew – Professor Andrew Leak, University College London The Trustees of the David Nicholls

Haiti Will Not Perish – Panel & Screening
From Waterstones website. Original piece and tickets here. The world’s first independent black republic, Haiti was forged in the fire of history’s only successful slave revolution.

Raoul Peck Chronicles of an Exile Film Series
Our Raoul Peck Chronicles of an Exile Film Series continues at the Institut Français in Edinburgh. For more information, please click here.

Akala Presents: Legacies of the Haitian Revolution
Black Studies at Birmingham City University to host the latest Malcolm X Study Circle in collaboration with the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity. Akala will be

80 Years Onwards: the Haitian /Dominican Border
80 Years Onwards: Narratives of Reconciliation on the Haitian/Dominican Border This autumn marks 80 years since the devastating 1937 massacre on the Haitian-Dominican border. Ordered by Rafael

Haiti Support Group to Present at “I Am Not Your Negro” Screening
Cinema | “I Am Not Your Negro“ Tuesday 18 April 18:30-20:30 Part of the Raoul Peck, Chronicles of an Exile Film Series at the Institut Français in

Celebrating 25 Years of the Haiti Support Group!
Celebrating 25 years of the Haiti Support Group Launched at the Houses of Parliament in June 1992, for two and a half decades we have collaborated

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse at the Hands of the UN
The following is the introduction to an investigative report conducted by independent researcher Mark Snyder entitled “Sexual Exploitation and Abuse at the Hands of the

Haïti: pourquoi la reconstruction n’a pas eu lieu
Le séisme n’a fait qu’accentuer les failles d’autrefois. Deux ans après, le pays peine à se relever. Article taken from SlateAfrique. Original article here. Le

Haiti-Séisme-2 ans: Un incroyable fiasco
Original Article in Alterpresse available here. Publication de Haiti Support Group (www.haitisupportgroup.org) / Numéro 69, janvier 2012 Sifflant du champagne dans leurs bureaux de Port-au-