Caribbean Report 26-09-1995
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1995-09-26
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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In this report Antigua and Barbuda's former Trade Minister Hugh Marshall prepares to launch a new political party. Mr. Marshall comments on why he has decided to form a new party. In Jamaica, the cash starved human rights council needs funding to keep the Council fully operational. The Jamaican Council for Human Rights (JCHR) Chairman, Dennis Daly, comments on where the Council will seek funding and the impact this would have on Jamaica's human rights situation. Victor Cuffy, Executive Secretary of Caribbean Rights states his organization will also be seeking funding for its Jamaican affiliate. A report on the workings of Europe's banana regime is to be presented to the European Commission. There is also the issue of how to share licenses after the damage by hurrianes to the Caribbean banana crops. In Haiti, the former Police Chief Michel Francois has been convicted in his absence for the murder of a businessman and supporter of President Aristide. A team of scientists is in Haiti to exhume the bodies of people killed in demonstrations following the 1991 coup. President of the Truth and Justice Commission, Francoise Boucard explains the scale of Haiti's human rights tragedy. The former Appeal Court Judge Telford Georges is to head a three-member commission of inquiry into the postponement of a referendum on independence in Bermuda.
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1. Headlines with Ken Richards (00:00-00:31)
2. Antigua's former Trade Minister Hugh Marshall prepares to launch a new political party (00:32-03:13)
3. The region's human rights organizations are plagued with possible losses of funding (03:14-07:14)
4. EU Ministers to examine a report on the workings of Europe's banana regime (07:15-09:19)
5. Former Police Chief of Haiti has been convicted in absence for the murder of a businessman and supporter of President Aristide (09:20-10:45)
6. In Haiti, a team of scientists exhumes the bodies of people killed in demonstrations following the 1991 coup (10:46-13:56)
7. Former Appeal Court judge Telford Georges is to head a commission of inquiry (13:57-14:27)
8. Recap of top stories (14:28-15:20)
2. Antigua's former Trade Minister Hugh Marshall prepares to launch a new political party (00:32-03:13)
3. The region's human rights organizations are plagued with possible losses of funding (03:14-07:14)
4. EU Ministers to examine a report on the workings of Europe's banana regime (07:15-09:19)
5. Former Police Chief of Haiti has been convicted in absence for the murder of a businessman and supporter of President Aristide (09:20-10:45)
6. In Haiti, a team of scientists exhumes the bodies of people killed in demonstrations following the 1991 coup (10:46-13:56)
7. Former Appeal Court judge Telford Georges is to head a commission of inquiry (13:57-14:27)
8. Recap of top stories (14:28-15:20)