Security Crisis: AMIH Requests Aid Plan from CONATEL
By Gedeon Delva · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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In a letter dated April 8, 2025, the Association of Independent Media of Haiti (AMIH) drew the attention of the National Telecommunications Council to the dramatic situation faced by many Haitian media outlets during the crisis shaking the country.
The deterioration of the security and economic environment directly impacts media companies. In its letter to the regulator, AMIH took the opportunity to highlight some direct consequences of insecurity on the media. It mentions attacks and acts of vandalism, a drop in advertising revenue, and security uncertainties.
Indeed, media outlets are directly attacked, looted, and set on fire, making their daily operation impossible and endangering press freedom. The second cause is advertising revenue, involving the reluctance of sponsors and the closure of many businesses, causing essential revenue for maintaining our activities to plummet. And finally, security uncertainties, which translate into ambient insecurity, with areas entirely controlled by armed groups, hindering the stability of our facilities and the continuity of our programs.
Faced with this alarming situation, AMIH requests from CONATEL the establishment of a specific aid plan for media outlets in difficulty, to enable them to compensate for the loss of advertising revenue and ensure the sustainability of the independent press in Haiti. It also requests temporary exemption and reduction of taxes and levies, to alleviate the financial pressure on our structures. Other AMIH demands include the implementation of reinforced security measures, in collaboration with competent authorities, to protect media outlets and their teams against acts of violence and intimidation, among others.
Let us recall that several stations, notably Radio Télé Mega Star, Mélodie FM, and RTVC, have been victims of looting attacks and fires, while others face daily threats aimed at paralyzing their activities. It should not be forgotten that currently two journalists in Mirebalais are in the hands of their kidnappers. They threaten to execute them while SOS Journalists and AJH plead for their release.
