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05-18-2007, 03:30 PM
Amnesty International said yesterday that it has never described the Haitian laborer situation in the Dominican Republic as slavery. The response by AI comes in the wake of the media firestorm caused by the documentary film "Slaves in Paradise," featuring Christopher Hartley and Pedro Ruquoy, which portrays the DR in a negative light. Many in the DR and abroad have described the film as part of an anti-DR defamation campaign and as a direct attack on the Dominican sugar industry. AI tried to make it clear that although they had sponsored the viewing of the film they have never used the word slavery to describe the situation in the DR in their own communications. Ivon Thiant, head of the National Federation of Overseas Migrants (FADOM) said that the film contained many lies and exaggerations. He concluded that certain figures were embellished, that the film spoke of cemeteries where there are none and speaks of hardships for immigrants that is a reality that is common not only in the DR, but across Latin America.
In the case of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Haitian daily toil and living conditions, with few exceptions, is an advancement over what these had in Haiti.
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In the case of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Haitian daily toil and living conditions, with few exceptions, is an advancement over what these had in Haiti.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)