URGENT ACTION ALERT,
January 25, 2005

!!!!ACTION ALERT !!!!! – (The Spanish equivalent of this Urgent Action Alert follows the English below.)

Please call, e-mail and fax letters the officials listed below. Demand Dominican officials not extradite Haitian national, Clifford H. Larose, to Haiti’s abusive death regime, especially in light of the recent prison massacres in Haiti.(See Amnesty Internationals Alert on PrisonKillings in Haiti. Those deported to Haiti to be put in prison right now are in grave danger of summary execution, especially if they are supporters of the Constitutional government these defacto authorities illegally replaced. www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/amnestydec.html)

Save a life. Prevent more unmerited Haitian sufferings.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Since the February 29, 2004 coup d’état in Haiti, there is no rule of law in Haiti. Pro-democracy and Lavalas activists have been hunted down by the Haitian police and paramilitaries. More than 100,000 people have been forced into hiding. More than 10, 000 people have been forced into exile in several countries including the Dominican Republic.

Among those persons is Clifford H. Larose whose only crime is having been an official in President Aristide’s democratically elected government. Mr. Larose, who has been residing in the Dominican Republic, faces extradition based on the same vague, unsubstantiated charges and trumped up accusations holding elected officials like former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and others in Haiti’s jails today.

In view of the Latorture regime’s psychopathic agenda and witch hunt against all former Constitutional appointees, supporters and officials and the documented extra-judicial practices of the current defacto Minister of Justice, GOUSSE and police chief, LEON CHARLES, in Haiti, combined with the fact Mr. Clifford H. Larose used to run the National Penitentiary under the Constitutional government with no massacres whatsoever reported under his reign, Clifford H. Larose’s return to Haiti is practically a certain death sentence. All the current human rights investigative reports show detail evidence of how under the Latortue/Gousse “Justice Apparatus” in Haiti (See Miami Law Center’s recent human rights investigative report on Haiti www.law.miami.edu/news/368.html ) even prisoners who have been before a judged and cleared of charges remain in prison based on the edicts and whims of Justice Minister Bernard Gousse; Haiti’s National Police Director, Leon Charles; Police Commissioner, David Beer; Chief Public Prosecutor in Port-au-Prince, Jean Pierre Daniel Audain and the U.S. imported Haitian Prime Minister, Gerald Latorture. 

For further information on the human rights situation in Haiti, visit www.ijdh.org and www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/newsessaysreflections.html
For more information on current events in Haiti, log onto www.haitiaction.net.

Please contact the following officials with the message NO TO THE EXTRADITION OF CLIFFORD LAROSE and other political refugees.

DR. CARLOS SUBERO ISA, President, Supreme Court of Justice, telephone
1-809-533-3191 ext. 331 and 322; fax: 1-809-508-2724 o 1-809-532-2906;
e-mail: suprema.corte@verizon.net.do

LIC. DANILO MEDINA, Secretario De La Presidencia, telephone 1-809-695-8033 and 1-809-686-8204

LIC. CARLOS MORALES TRONCOSO, Secretario Relaciones Exteriores, telephone 1-809-533-1923, 1-809-535-6280 and 1-809-535-6848

Ms. SANDRINE DESAMOURS, UNHCR Republica Dominicana, telephone 1-809-732-7121, e-mail domsa@unhcr.ch

Sample letter:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing with regards to the case of Mr. Clifford Larose. Mr. Larose has been legally living in the Dominican Republic. His only “crime” is having been a civil servant to a democratically elected government of Haiti.

If he is extradited to Haiti, where there is currently no functioning judicial system, Mr. Larose faces certain death at the hands of politically motivated enemies.

I join with people of conscience throughout the Americas in demanding Mr. Larose and other political exiles not be forcibly removed to Haiti, where the rule of law has been subverted by a coup d’état.

Respectfully yours,

Name: ____

City: ______

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**** Spanish Version****

Comuníquele a la República Dominicana: NO EXTRADICIONE A CLIFFORD LAROSE Y LOS OTROS EXILADOS.

Desde la fecha del golpe de estado del 29 de febrero del 2004, no existe un estado de ley en Haïti. Activistas pro-democracia y partisanos del partido Lavalas han sido perseguidos por la policía y por la fuerzas armadas extajudiciales. Mas de 100,000 personas viven escondidos en Haïti. Mas de 10,000 personas viven en el exilio en muchos paises incluyendo la Republica Dominicana.

Entre estos individuos se encuetra el Sr. Clifford H. Larose – su único crimen, el ser un oficial en el gobierno legítimo del Presidente Aristide. El Sr. Larose, quien ha estado viviendo legalmente en en la República Dominicana enfrenta la extradidición por acusaciones falsas. ¡Su extradición a Haïti es una una sentencia de muerte!

Para mas informacion sobre la situacion actual de derechos humanos en Haiti visite a www.ijdh.org y www.margueritelaurent.com/law/lawpress.html. Para mas información sobre la situación actual en Haïti: www.haitiaction.net

Por favor contacto los oficiales siguientes con el mensaje NO A LA EXRADICION DE CLIFFORD LAROSE Y OTROS EXILADOS. Ver ejemplo mensaje abajo.

DR. CARLOS SUBERO ISA, Presidente Suprema Corte De Justicia, telefono 809)533-3191 ext. 331 Y 322; fax a: 1-809-508-2724 o 1-809-532-2906; corréo elect ónico a : suprema.corte@verizon.net.do

LIC. DANILO MEDINA, Secretario De La Presidencia, telefono 1-809-695-8033 y 1-809-686-8204

LIC. CARLOS MORALES TRONCOSO, Secretario Relaciones Exteriores, telefono 1-809- 533-1923 o 1-809-535-6280 y 1-809-535-6848

Ms. SANDRINE DESAMOURS, UNHCR Republica Dominicana, telefono 1-809-732-7121, corréo electónico a domsa@unhcr.ch

Estimado Señor o Señora:

Le escribo con respecto al caso del Sr. Clifford Larose. El Sr. Lasore ha estado viviendo en la República Dominicana. Su único crimen es el hecho de ser un empleado civil del gobierno democr áticamente elegido deHaïti.

Si es extradicionado a Haïti, donde no existe un sistema jurídico legítimo, el Sr. Larose entrentar ía en pena de muerte por sus enemigos políticos.

Yo me úno al pueblo Pan-americano al exigir que el Sr. Larose y los otros exilados políticos no sean mandados a Haïti, donde el mandato de la Ley ha sido subvertido por un golpe de estado.

Respetuosamente,

Nombre:_________

Ciudad: ___________

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Forwarded by the Haitian Lawyers’ Leadership Network
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“Men anpil chay pa lou”  is Kreyol for – “Many hands make light a heavy load.”

See, The Haitian Leadership Networks’  7 “Men Anpil Chay Pa Lou” campaigns to help restore Haiti’s independence, the will of the mass electorate and the rule of law. See, and www.margueritelaurent.com/law/lawpress.html
or, www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/newsessaysreflections.html
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