U.S. Deportees to Haiti, Jailed Without Cause, Face Severe Health Risks

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United States has deported more than 250 Haitians since January knowing that one in two will be jailed without charges in facilities so filthy they pose life-threatening health risks.

An investigation by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting found that the Obama administration has not followed its own policy of seeking alternatives to deportation when there are serious medical and humanitarian concerns.

B.C. Muckracker Sean Holman On Why He Shut Down Public Eye’s Reporting

Over the last seven years anyone wanting to know more about who was pulling the levers of provincial politics in British Columbia inevitably turned to Public Eye, a unique online news source, created and doggedly maintained by journalist Sean Holman. After thousands of stories and many exclusives, Holman has now called it a day for Public Eye. Here he tells us in five lessons what worked and, ultimately, what failed. This article is also available on J-Source.

Shelters in Léogâne inspected by Clinton Foundation

The Clinton Foundation has inspected 20 trailers installed at four locations in the Haitian town of Léogâne, after an investigative report by The Nation, The Gazette and the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting found a host of problems with the units designed to be used as classrooms and emergency shelters.

A CCIR Investigates Update: Failing Grade for Haiti Trailers

On June 17, 2010, the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission approved an ambitious project for emergency hurricane shelters. Proposed and financed by IHRC co-chair Bill Clinton’s own foundation, the project was to construct “hurricane-proof” emergency shelters that could also serve as schools to provide Haitian schoolchildren “a decent place to learn.” Now with hurricane season underway and tropical storm Emily battering Haiti with flash floods and mudslides, the people of Léogâne are left without a “Plan A”. An update on the investigation by the Investigate Fund of the Nation Institute, CCIR Investigates, and the Montreal Gazette.

Russia’s Afghan Addiction in Pictures

In a small village in the Northern Caucuses, a Russian orthodox drug rehabilitation center is trying to replace the ecstasy of smack with the divine. Life here is spartan and a stark change from the past, when many of these former addicts stole to get their hands on their next fix. Many served time in Russian prisons. Here, they wake each morning to pray, then work, then pray some more.