Statement on the Murder of Claude Jean Harri, alias Tulile
February 18, 2015. The body of Claude Jean Harri, alias Tulile, was found on February 4 hanging from a tree in Ercilia Pepin Park in Santiago. Tulile was a young Haitian man who supported his wife and two children by shining shoes in the park. Initially, rumors suggested that members of an anti-Haitian movement were responsible for the lynching.
OBMICA shares a public statement on the murder of Claude Jean Harri, known as Tulile, a young Haitian worker found dead in Santiago. The statement places the crime within a broader context of anti-Haitian hostility, denationalization, intimidation, and public narratives that normalize discrimination.
It calls on Dominican authorities and political leaders to reject hate, protect human rights, and address the climate of violence affecting Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian ancestry.