FLASHPOINTS

Today on Flashpoints: We continue our special reporting on Haiti, a year after the massive Earthquake that shook the earth there, immediately killing hundreds of thousands of Haitians: We’ll feature a live report from Port Au Prins, where our correspondent spent the day, walking the streets of the destroyed capitol, and talking to Haitians about their hopes and disappointments: Also we’ll speak to Pierre and Ayana Labossiere , and Judith Mirkinson, about the failure of the world community to respond swiftly, respectfully and humanely to the quake, and we also talk more about the special problems that Haitian woman face, including sexual violence and a spike in the number of rapes, since the quake hit…

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GUESTS:

Ansel Herz, journalist Port-au-Prince

Regina Rust White-Rose

Frida Berrigan, Witness Against Torture

Pierre Labossiere and his Daughter Ayana Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee

Judith Mirkinson, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom and Haiti Action Committee