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2 Haitian Militia members get life

Published:Friday | December 14, 2007 | 3:33 PM

Two members of a Haitian Militia have been given life sentences for the 2001 murder of journalist Brignol Lindor.



They are Joubert St. Juste and Jean-Rémy Démosthène.



The press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, expressed satisfaction with the sentences of the men.



The men will be transferred to the national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince to serve their sentences.



In a statement to the press Judge Emmanuel Tataye gave six other gang members until 16 December to surrender.