Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic expels 1,800 migrant children to Haiti, says Unicef

Dominican authorities have expelled at least 1,800 unaccompanied Haitian migrant children this year, sending them back to their crisis-stricken country, UNICEF said. The Dominican Republic denied the claim, which came Tuesday amid the government's intensifying crackdown on migration in response to a cholera outbreak and ongoing gang violence in Haiti. The two countries share a 390-kilometer border on the island of Hispaniola. The crackdown has provoked harsh criticism by international observers, including the United States, which have accused the country of mass deportations, racist treatment of migrants and detentions of Haitians in facilities with poor conditions. Among those fleeing to the Dominican Republic are girls and boys, many of whom are sent back to Haiti through different border points, where they have been received by UNICEF partners at the border, according to the organisation. The information was first reported by CNN, and confirmed by UNICEF, which declined to comm

Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after lashing Puerto Rico

Fiona brought down trees, power lines and advertisements in the towns of Punta Cana, La Romana and El Seibo in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic during the early hours of Monday

Dominican Republic minister, son of ex-president, killed in office

The Dominican Republic's minister of the environment and natural resources the son of a former president was shot to death in his office by a close friend

'Neither a fugitive nor a bank defaulter': Mehul Choksi

In an exclusive interview with Business Standard, diamantaire Mehul Choksi claims he turned a defaulter only after banks "wrongly implicated" him in the Nirav Modi case and his assets were seized

Mehul Choksi lands in Antigua and Barbuda after getting bail in Dominica

Diamantaire Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry which his lawyers claim was a kidnapping plan, local media reported

Mehul Choksi allowed to travel back to Antigua for treatment after bail

Indian Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi was allowed to travel back to Antigua and Barbuda after he was granted bail by a Dominica High Court

Mehul Choksi will 'only' return to Dominica to face trial when fit: Reports

Diamantaire Mehul Choksi will 'only' return to Dominica to face trial for illegal entry into that country when a doctor 'certifies' that he is fit to stand trial, media there reported

Colombia describes travel by suspects in Haiti's president assassination

The Colombians implicated in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise were recruited by four companies and travelled to the Caribbean nation in two groups via the Dominican Republic

Mehul Choksi moves Dominica high court to quash proceedings against him

Alleging that his arrest in Dominica for illegal entry was "dictated" by representatives of the Indian government, Mehul Choksi has filed a case in high court of Roseau, seeking to quash proceedings

Dominica PM dismisses claims of plot to abduct Mehul Choksi from Antigua

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has dismissed the claims that his government was involved in the alleged abduction of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi

Fugitive Mehul Choksi remanded to Dominica State Prison by court

A Dominican court has ordered Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi to be remanded at the Dominica State Prison despite a decline in his health, the local media reported

Mehul Choksi remanded to state prison in Dominica, but to stay in hospital

A magistrate court in Dominica on Thursday sent businessman Mehul Choksi to a state prison, his lawyer in India said

Long wait for the next flight to Dominica

Efforts by India to get back Mr Choksi will depend to a large extent on the response to the request for his repatriation from Dominica

Dominica High Court denies bail to Mehul Choksi citing flight risk

Dominica High Court has denied bail saying that he has no ties to Dominica and the court cannot impose any conditions which will assure it that he wouldn't abscond

Mehul Choksi was unlawfully renditioned from Antigua to Dominica: Lawyer

Mehul Choksi was "unlawfully renditioned" from Antigua and Barbuda to Dominica so that he would no longer have the option of appealing to the UK Privy Council

Mehul Choksi's bail hearing adjourned till June 11 by Dominica High Court

The Dominica High Court has adjourned the bail hearing of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi till June 11, local media reports stated.

Dominica PM terms Choksi 'Indian citizen', says courts to decide on future

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive

Private jet sent by India to bring back Mehul Choksi leaves Dominica

The Qatar Airways' private jet that was sent by India to bring back fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi from Dominica has left the Caribbean island country after nearly seven days~

Antigua and Barbuda prefers repatriation of Choksi to India: Local media

Antigua and Barbuda prefers that Mehul Choksi be directly repatriated to India from Dominica, the Cabinet of the Caribbean island country decided in a meeting

Mehul Choksi was kidnapped, didn't go to Dominica of his free will: Lawyer

Mehul Choksi was kidnapped, didn't go to Dominica of his own free will, said fugitive diamantaire's lawyer Vijay Aggarwal