ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Nearly every day for the past 10 weeks thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Port-au-Prince the capital of Haiti and other major cities across the country demanding the resignation of U.S. backed president Jovenel Moise. Protesters have been shot, killed, and tortured by the Haitian special forces know as Cimo, Bri, and Boid. There are more than 670 dead and many more missing. Protesters that are badly beaten by these units are transported to the crumbling government-run hospital in downtown Port-au-Prince where they face near-certain death. Infections run rampant since the hospital is ill-equipped without even basic plumbing. Many die while incarcerated, receiving little to no care at all.

AUTHOR
Edwine Seymour is a freelance photographer based in Florida, USA. He worked for the New York Times, The Daily News and New York Post from 2000-2004. His work has been in many publications including the New York Times magazine. A graduate from Parsons School of Design in New York '96 Seymour has won the New York Foundation for the Arts '98 for his work on Voodoo Religion in his native country, Haiti. He was a participant in the master photojournalism workshop with Ron Haviv - Photo agency VII workshop 2010. He dedicates his time doing social documentary projects and has traveled through out the world.

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