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04-03-2007, 06:10 PM
Activist Sonia Pierre describes the government's investigations into her nationality status as "revenge for her work for Haitian-Dominicans in the Dominican Republic". Pierre referred to her work on the case of children Yean and Boisco at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Pierre continued by saying that it is retaliation and that it isn't the first time she has been a victim of such accusations and attacks by the government. She said that the humiliation has been great and explained that her photo, which featured in an exhibition at the Independence Park called "100 Greatest Dominican Women" was taken down and even trampled on. Although it was replaced, the photo was defaced three times. She also described the Dominican Constitution as "apartheid-laced" because Haitians are mentioned in 12 different articles.
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