Caribbean Report 27-02-1989

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorWhitehorne, Pat (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorO'Toole, Pamela (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRoth, Kenneth (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Adrian (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Bernie (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBruno, Michael (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMay, Steve (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Harold (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-04T18:33:00Z
dc.date.available2012-01-04T18:33:00Z
dc.date.issued1989-02-27
dc.description.abstractThree human rights organisations have alleged that despite General Prosper Avril public commitment to democratic change, the military government continued to sanction political violence and human rights abuses. Kenneth Roth, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, the parent organisation of Americas Watch called on the U.S. to continue the suspension of aid to Haiti until the Haitian government shows respect for human rights and agrees to hold free and fair elections. The U.S. Immigration Service successful court battle to control the flood of migrants by holding them in camps while their applications were processed. Adrian Porter reported that most Caribbean immigrants came from Haiti and Jamaica and may not suffer the same kind of hardships as their Central American counterparts. In Barbados, the Caribbean Project Development Facility opened its first regional office in Barbados to develop small businesses. Bernie Grant, British MP was keynote speaker at a conference in Dominica and discussed implications of the single market in Europe in 1992. In sports, British boxer, Frank Bruno credible performance against Mike Tyson was full of praise by the British press.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines: A report in the U.S. stated that the Haitian government sanctioned political violence and human rights abuses; British Labour MP Bernie Grant returned to the House of Commons after his trip to Dominica; and, what next for Britain and Jamaica's Frank Bruno, would he fight Tyson again? (00:00-00:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2.Three human rights organisations have alleged that despite General Prosper Avril public commitment to democratic change, the military government was continuing to sanction political violence and human rights abuses. Interview with Kenneth Roth, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, the parent organisation of Americas Watch. Roth called on the U.S. to continue the suspension of aid to Haiti until the Haitian government shows respect for human rights and agrees to hold free and fair elections (00:43-03:32)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The U.S. Immigration Service successful court battle to control the flood of migrants by holding them in camps while their applications were processed. Reporter, Adrian Porter reported that most Caribbean immigrants came from Haiti and Jamaica and may not suffer the same kind of hardships as their Central American counterparts (03:33-05:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Financial News. In Barbados, the Caribbean Project Development Facility opened its first regional office in Barbados in an effort to develop small businesses (05:41-07:15)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Interview with Bernie Grant, British MP who was keynote speaker at a conference in Dominica and discussed the implications of the creation of a single market in Europe in 1992 (07:16-10:50)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. British boxer, Frank Bruno turned in a very credible performance against Mike Tyson. The British press was full of praise and was treating Bruno with some respect (10:51-14:55)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit
dc.format.extent14 min. 55 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound ; mp3.en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR0176en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/11458
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights monitoring -- Haiti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights -- Haiti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBoxing -- United Kingdom.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBoxing.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEmigration and immigration.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEmigration and immigration law.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Emigration and immigration.en_US
dc.subject.lcshEmigration and immigration law -- United States.en_US
dc.subject.lcshJamaica -- Emigration and immigration.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTrade blocs -- Caribbean Area.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTrade blocs -- European countries.en_US
dc.subject.lcshLome Conventions.en_US
dc.subject.otherAmericas Watch -- United States.en_US
dc.subject.otherNational coalition for Haitian Refugees.en_US
dc.subject.otherCaribbean Rights -- Barbados.en_US
dc.subject.otherHuman Rights Watch -- United States.en_US
dc.subject.otherUnited Nations Commission on Human Rights.en_US
dc.subject.otherCaribbean Project Development Facility -- Barbados.en_US
dc.subject.otherEECen_US
dc.subject.otherACPen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 27-02-1989en_US
dc.typeSound, mp3en_US

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