Attorney Patrice Florvilus

“Now They’re All Dead”: Threats of Assassination to Human Rights Advocates in Haiti

"Those before you were strong. Now they're all dead. Stop what you are doing, or the same will happen to you." Those were the words delivered to Frena Florvilus, Director of Education and Advocacy of the Haitian human rights organization Defenders of the Oppressed (DOP), early on the morning of August 11 by one of four unidentified men who attempted to enter DOP's office.