7 Dominicans Walk to Port-au-Prince Haiti from DR Capital Santo Domingo for peace

7 Dominicans walk from DR Capital Santo Domingo all the way to Champs-de-Mars, Port-au-Prince Haiti, in a peaceful march against ruling 168-13, the judgment of the Constitutional Court of Dominican Republic denying citizenship to Dominicans of Haitian descent.

These seven Dominicans,Hector Joaquin, Rafael Guillen Beltre, Julio Ernesto, Altagracia Leidy, Julio Melvyn, Bonny Guillen Beltre et Carvasta Felipe, Representing an organization called Paz Dominicana, arrived at la place de la Constitution in Champs-de-Mars, Port-au-Prince Haiti, on foot, Sunday, 9 Mar 2014, after walking 400 kilometers from Independence Park (Parque Independencia, Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic), a peaceful march which began on Tuesday 25 Feb 2014.

According to Haitian news reports, they got down on their knees and cried "FORGIVENESS" with tears on their eyes...

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Cavalier Nelson says...

This, is good thing to see people are doing peace in the more »

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Gloria says...

Neceitamos tu ayuda! Nous avons besoin de vous! We need your more »

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Ludovia says...

Porque copiar lo malo que hace otra gente! Ademas como puede comparar US con DR! es como comparar una hormiga con un more »

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Wadson says...

This is unbelievable. There are a lot of good people in this world. These 7 Dominicans did it for a good cause. I do have a lot of respects more »

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Jgguest says...

Parfait, cette marche me faire rappeler les marches de Goman de la Grand'Anse au Cap lors de la lutte pour l'indépendance. Et pourtant more »

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Ricart says...

@Pj The 168-13 ruling is not a mistake. The Dominican Republic does not grant citizenship to all those born within its jurisdiction. To be more »

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Ricart says...

@Djdj You want to take revenge on those 7 Dominicans that are walking to Port-Au-Prince to beg for forgiveness? You should know that for more »

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Ricart says...

@Gus 1. Haiti keep dumping poor immigrants on the Dominican Republic and feels entitled to do so. 2. Haitians lie to ban eggs and meat products more »

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Gus says...

I like your comment that exacly what there need to do,Dominican republic is the problem not more »

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Pj says...

listen when the DR government made that mistake I was more upset than anybody else, now we needs to show the Domican government, not the more »

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