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Three lawyers identified as representing Joseph F\u00e9lix Badio have been placed in detention following the recent arrest of their client for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/strong><\/p>\n Alexandre Eddyson, Jean Charles Markenson and Limage Jeppson, lawyers at the Mirebalais Bar, were arrested on Sunday 22 October 2023 at Joseph F\u00e9lix Badio\u2019s residence, considered to be one of the alleged masterminds of the assassination of Haiti\u2019s last President.<\/p>\n According to reports, the lawyers were attempting to retrieve documents, phones and computers belonging to their client when they were caught by Fermathe police officers, who had been alerted by local residents.<\/p>\n These events follow the arrest of Joseph F\u00e9lix Badio, a former official of the Haitian Ministry of Justice, on 19 October 2023, who is now accused of having planned the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse in 2021.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Observatory urges the Republic of Haiti<\/strong> to guarantee full respect for all the guarantees of a fair trial in the cases involving Alexandre Eddyson, Jean Charles Markenson and Limage Jeppson.<\/p>\n The Observatory recalls<\/strong> that, in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Principles on the Role of Lawyers<\/strong>, in particular principles 16, 18 and 27<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Principle 16<\/u><\/strong>: \u201cGovernments shall ensure that lawyers (a) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference<\/strong>; (\u2026)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Principle 18<\/u><\/strong>: \u201cLawyers shall not be identified with their clients<\/strong> or their clients\u2019 causes as a result of discharging their functions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Principle 27<\/u><\/strong>: \u201cCharges or complaints made against lawyers<\/strong> in their professional capacity shall be processed expeditiously and fairly under appropriate procedures<\/strong>. Lawyers shall have the right to a fair hearing, including the right to be assisted by a lawyer of their choice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"listing_category":[59],"event_category":[],"service_category":[],"rental_category":[],"classifieds_category":[],"listing_feature":[],"region":[37,1890],"class_list":["post-16406","listing","type-listing","status-publish","hentry","listing_category-detenidos","region-america","region-haiti-es"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/16406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16406"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/16406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19941,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/16406\/revisions\/19941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_category?post=16406"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=16406"},{"taxonomy":"service_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_category?post=16406"},{"taxonomy":"rental_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rental_category?post=16406"},{"taxonomy":"classifieds_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/classifieds_category?post=16406"},{"taxonomy":"listing_feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_feature?post=16406"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=16406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}