Haiti and the forgotten fundamentalists
Do we ignore the dangers inherent in hysterical fundamentalism in all faiths at our peril? Jon Snow asks why religious fundamentalism is developing a stranglehold on societies across the world.
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Landina will die unless she can get an operation abroad to remove the dead bone from her skull where she suffered a serious burn injury. But the authorities will not let her go.
As the US missionaries in Haiti are charged with kidnapping, Channel 4 News meets parents from an unaffected village there who say missionaries offered to take their children.
Channel 4 News reporter Jonathan Rugman reflects on his recent reports from Haiti.
Do we ignore the dangers inherent in hysterical fundamentalism in all faiths at our peril? Jon Snow asks why religious fundamentalism is developing a stranglehold on societies across the world.
Alexandros Yiannopoulos is Oxfam’s coordinator of food security and livelihood in Haiti. To find out more about Oxfam in Haiti visit their website here. This is the first time I have tried to keep anything like a blog or diary, even though many of my friends have asked me to keep them up-to-date with my…
Yolette Etienne (pictured below), from Port-au-Prince, has been Oxfam’s country director in Haiti for the past 10 years. She writes in a special series of posts for Channel 4 News. To find out more about Oxfam in Haiti visit their website here. It’s been two weeks since the earthquake struck Haiti. Driving around Port-au-Prince, you…
The tragedy of the Haiti earthquake is one of the greatest challenges our globalised world has yet encountered, blogs Jon Snow.
Channel 4 News producer Hannah Storm outlines some of the memories that will stay with her after a week reporting the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.
Jon Snow reflects that while he is free to leave the devastation of Haiti, most of those in the country are not.
As plans to relocate many thousands of Haitian refugees get under way, Jon Snow has been out on the streets of Port-au-Prince where the first signs of normal life are returning.
An extra 4,000 US sailors and marines are diverted from operations in the Gulf and Africa to help the Haiti earthquake relief effort.
Hannah Storm reflects on the effect the Haiti earthquake has had on the country’s religions.
As doctors battle to save lives in the wake of the Haiti earthquake, they are having to resort to amputation to combat one of the main threats: gangrene. Jon Snow reports.
After the devastation of last week’s earthquake, Haiti’s recovery will be a very, very long haul, blogs Jon Snow.
A week on from the deadly Haiti earthquake, Jon Snow joins British and American search teams as they continue to scour the rubble of Port-au-Prince for signs of life.