http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/trafficking-sexual-exploitation-of-haitian-children-in-the-dominican-republic-on-the-rise/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/trafficking-sexual-exploitation-of-haitian-children-in-the-dominican-republic-on-the-rise/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:36:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78538 Miami Herald: "Since the earthquake more than 7,300 boys and girls have been smuggled out of their homeland to the Dominican Republic by traffickers profiting on the hunger and desperation of Haitian children, and their families. In 2009, the figure was 950, according to one human rights group that monitors child trafficking at 10 border points." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/trafficking-sexual-exploitation-of-haitian-children-in-the-dominican-republic-on-the-rise/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/20/idaho-10-member-blames-unicef-for-groups-arrest-in-haiti/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/20/idaho-10-member-blames-unicef-for-groups-arrest-in-haiti/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 21:08:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61222 Associated Baptist Press: "With the last of 10 Southern Baptist mission volunteers released from a Haitian jail May 17, one of her 'Idaho 10' co-laborers is breaking his silence and blaming the whole ordeal on meddling by the United Nations Children Fund, more commonly known as UNICEF . . . Thompson said the widely broadcast video of the Haitian children crying and asking to return home was made right after a UNICEF representative told them in Creole the Baptists were kidnappers who wanted to sell the children into slavery or harvest their organs for the black market." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/20/idaho-10-member-blames-unicef-for-groups-arrest-in-haiti/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/09/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/09/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:40:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=54758 Findlaw (AP): "A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody . . . Defense lawyer Louis Ricardo Chachoute said Coulter was released because there was no evidence to support the charges of kidnapping and criminal association. He predicted Silsby would be released soon as well." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/09/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/haiti-judge-says-8-of-10-missionaries-to-be-freed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/haiti-judge-says-8-of-10-missionaries-to-be-freed/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:40:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52383 Breitbart (AP): "A Haitian attorney says eight of 10 U.S. missionaries charged with child kidnapping will be released." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/17/haiti-judge-says-8-of-10-missionaries-to-be-freed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/12/us-missionaries-may-spend-weekend-in-haiti-lockup/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/12/us-missionaries-may-spend-weekend-in-haiti-lockup/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:43:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51846 AP: "Ten U.S. missionaries arrested trying to leave earthquake-crippled Haiti with a busload of children may be spending the weekend in jail despite a judge recommending their provisional release . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/12/us-missionaries-may-spend-weekend-in-haiti-lockup/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/11/haitian-judge-might-free-american-baptists-sources-say/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/11/haitian-judge-might-free-american-baptists-sources-say/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:32:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51776 Christian Post: "The Haitian judge overseeing the case is expected to rule mid-afternoon on whether to release the ten Americans who attempted to transport 33 Haitian children to the Dominican Republic without permission." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/11/haitian-judge-might-free-american-baptists-sources-say/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:53:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51048 AP: "Attorney Edwin Coq said Laura Silsby knew the group couldn't remove the youngsters without proper paperwork, while he characterized the other nine missionaries as unknowingly being caught up in actions they didn't understand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/04/attorney-says-us-baptists-charged-in-child-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/04/attorney-says-us-baptists-charged-in-child-case/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50990 AP: "Ten Americans detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the earthquake were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association on Thursday, their Haitian lawyer said . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/04/attorney-says-us-baptists-charged-in-child-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/parents-willingly-gave-children-to-us-baptists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/parents-willingly-gave-children-to-us-baptists/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:42:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50822 AP: "Parents in this struggling village above Haiti's capital said Wednesday they willingly handed their children to American missionaries who showed up in a bus promising to give them a better life—contradicting claims by the Baptist group's leader that the children came from orphanages and distant relatives . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/parents-willingly-gave-children-to-us-baptists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/haitian-judge-questions-detained-americans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/haitian-judge-questions-detained-americans/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:58:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50721 Findlaw (AP): "A group of U.S. Baptist missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of children faced more questioning by a local judge, while an orphanage director said many of the children had parents." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/haitian-judge-questions-detained-americans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/01/idaho-pastor-defends-church-members-held-in-haiti/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/01/idaho-pastor-defends-church-members-held-in-haiti/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:18:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50542 One News Now: "An Idaho pastor has condemned child trafficking as a 'wicked and evil practice.' He is defending members of his congregation detained in Haiti after they tried to bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/01/idaho-pastor-defends-church-members-held-in-haiti/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/26/hungry-haitians-like-animals-says-un-peacekeeper/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/26/hungry-haitians-like-animals-says-un-peacekeeper/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:01:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49810 HeraldSun.com.au: "A DAILY aid handout in front of the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti turned into a chaotic scramble yesterday as some 18 Uruguayan UN peacekeepers attempted to contain a 4000-strong mass of desperately hungry Haitians." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/26/hungry-haitians-like-animals-says-un-peacekeeper/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/18/haitis-voodoo-priests-object-to-mass-burials/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/18/haitis-voodoo-priests-object-to-mass-burials/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:52:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=48723 Reuters: "Dumping the dead in hurriedly excavated mass graves without proper rites is seen as desecration in a country where many believe in zombies -- dead bodies brought back to life by supernatural forces who could persecute the living" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/18/haitis-voodoo-priests-object-to-mass-burials/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/23/report-says-225000-haiti-children-work-as-slaves/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/23/report-says-225000-haiti-children-work-as-slaves/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:19:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46165 Houston Chronicle: "Poverty has forced at least 225,000 children in Haiti's cities into slavery as unpaid household servants, far more than previously thought, a report said Tuesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/23/report-says-225000-haiti-children-work-as-slaves/feed/ 0