Regional Cultural Committee issues Statement on DR actions

The Regional Cultural Committee,      

-Acknowledging its role as the vanguard and custodian of cultural development in CARICOM;

-Acknowledging and recognising that the culture of the people of the region is deeply rooted in our diasporic history and is therefore central to our entire region’s development;

-Also acknowledging the key role that Haiti has played in influencing and shaping the wider freedom movement in Latin America and the Caribbean

wishes to declare its grave concern over the recent legislated decision of the Government of the Dominican Republic that has rendered stateless thousands of Dominicans of Haitian origin/descent, a gross denial of their basic human rights.

The Regional Cultural Committee also views with abhorence, reports of lynching and forced expulsion of such persons from their homes by ordinary citizens with no reported government sanctions.

See full Statement:  STATEMENT FROM RCC RE DR ACTIONS