Tuesday, January 26, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade

The two events on this day refer to the use of tear gas and pepper spray against Haitian crowds. Media coverage does not mention protests. However, the events are included because they reveal that UN military forces were using "crowd control" methods that are often associated with protests.  Although it is not known whether the use of pepper spray and tear gas in these two cases provoked immediate protests by the Haitian people against the UN troops, this may be likely.
 

A Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper uses pepper spray to control the crowd during food distribution near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in this file image from January 26, 2010. Clutching automatic assault rifles, truckloads of U.N. troops patrolled the streets of Haiti's shattered capital on the day after the earthquake hit last month, seemingly oblivious to the misery around them.
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Tear Gas Fired
at Haitians
Seeking Food Aid

 

In Haiti, starving Haitians were tear-gassed Tuesday after crowding a relief center with scarce food aid. Desperate earthquake survivors had rushed to grab bags of dried grains after the center ran low on supplies for a second consecutive day. Brazilian forces with the UN mission to Haiti fired tear gas at the crowd.

 

Democracy Now,
Headlines for
January 27, 2010

 

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Coverage starts at 2:31

 

 

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade