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| 21/8/05 |
Demand a Stop to the killings in Site Soley | Denounce the slaughter of Haitian people by UN Troops |
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UN Machetes in Haiti | Haitian Perspectives by August 15, 2005 (Letter to UN officials – Stop the slaughter and bloodshed in Haiti, in particular the new Coup D’etat folks practice of chopping up the Lavalas poor and women with police machetes www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/unmachetes.html HLLN’s Open Letter Demanding a stop to UN slaughter in Site Soley Demand a Stop to the killings in Site Soley | Denounce the slaughter HLLN’s thanks the Hip Hop Kulture Community for their Petition for Peace in Haiti and M1 of Dead Prez HAITI MASSACRE IN THE MAKING Last month on July 6 the UN’s Operation Iron Fist was deadly for unarmed residents of CitĖ Soliel – 22 year-old Sonia Romelus was killed by the same bullet that Dear Friends of Haiti, The UN is currently planning a third military operation against Cite Soleil akin to “Operation Iron Fist” which will result in many more casualties then the Why? Many militants of LAVALAS from other popular neighborhoods who have armed themselves against the human rights violations of the PNH have gone into If the UN goes ahead with its plan for a second major military incursion against Cite Soleil, it is guaranteed the number of casualties will far exceed July 6th We have made every possible overture to the UN for dialogue before they commit this next penultimate massacre. If they continue down this path the blood Best in Solidarity, Kevin Pina Port au Prince, Haiti See also: Evidence mounts of a UN massacre in Haiti In the early morning hours of July 6, more than 350 UN troops stormed the seaside shantytown of Cite Soleil in a military operation with the stated purpose of halting violence in Haiti. The successful goal of the mission was to assassinate a 31 year-old man and his lieutenants that Haiti’s URGENT ACTION ALERT – Act now to stop the killing…prevent new UN/police invasion of Cite Soleil Friends and comrades, August 10, 2005 — By now many of you have undoubtedly heard reports of on-going killings and massacres in poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, the latest one apparently conducted by the Haitian police last weekend through Monday August 8 in the community of Solino. According to Haitian media outlets, quoting Solino residents, many people were killed in a brutal invasion of a poor community reminiscent of the assault by UN troops on Cite Soleil on July 6th. The source said that so-called “attaches” or paramilitary death-squad elements participated with the police in the assault, which targeted supporters of the majority Lavalas political movement. Haitian media organizations, quoting Solino residents, reported that machetes were being distributed out of a National Police car to individuals attached to the national police. Solino residents described in horrific detail the dismembered bodies of a number of people, particularly young women, with body parts being placed in black plastic Now there are reports from Port-au-Prince that yet another assault on Cite Soleil is being planned, either by UN troops or by the police or both. Bear in mind that by recent decree of the UN Security Council, MINUSTAH (the UN Mission in Haiti) is now officially in charge of the Haitian National Police, and therefore bears responsibility for According to a community leader, “They are trying to dismantle the grassroots leadership of LAVALAS by killing them — in one neighborhood after another. This is all in preparation for the sham elections they have cooked up for this fall to try and legitimize the February 29, 2004 coup d’etat and the coup regime. By ‘they’ I mean the Many believe these invasions by heavily armed troops and mass killings in the poor districts are aimed at preventing mass demonstrations by the poor majority calling for the return of their democratically elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, such as have occurred with regularity since the 2004 coup. Action is Needed Now * an immediate halt to the violence by UN troops and the Haitian police against unarmed people in poor communities such as Cite Soleil, Bel Air and Solino. * an impartial and independent human rights investigation into the July 6th UN operation in Cite Soleil, the recent police operation in Solino this past week-end, and similar operations in poor, popular neighborhoods over the past year. In addition to your US Congressional representatives, please contact the following. If you make only one phone call or fax, be sure it’s to Bacre Waly Ndiaye, at the UN High Commission for Human Rights in New York. UN Human Rights Officials: Bacre Waly Ndiaye Director-New York Office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ph: 212-963-1583 or 212-963-5930 fax: 212-963-3463 Mahamane CissČ-Gouro Port-au-Prince 011-509-403-4012 Thierry Fagart – fagart@un.org Louise Arbour UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland ph: 41-22-917-9000 fax: 41-22-917-9011 email: ngochr@ohchr.org Other Human Rights Groups: Amnesty International International Secretariat 1 Easton St. London WCIXODW, UK Contact: Gerardo email: Gducos@amnesty.org Also, all Amnesty members should contact their local chapters and organize these chapters to contact the International Secretariat in London. US Govt. Officials: Timothy Carney, Charge d’Affaires US Embassy in Haiti phone: 011-509-222-0200, 222-0354, 222-0269, 222-0327 fax: 011-509-223-9038 UN Forces in Haiti: Juan Gabriel Valdes Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Haiti phone: 011-509-244-9650 or 9660 fax 011-509 244 3512. David Beer Commissioner of CIVPOL the UN Civilian Police in Haiti phone: 011-509-525-5279 email: beer@un.org fax: 011-509-244-9366. For more information contact the Haiti Action Committee, 510-483-1781, haitiaction@yahoo.com or visit www.haitiaction.net ********* “Men anpil chay pa lou” is Kreyol for – “Many hands make light a heavy load.” Join our International Solidarity – THE FREE HAITI MOVEMENT. For info, see: www.margueritelaurent.com/photogallery/haitisolidarityday.html and, Help stop the slaughter in Cite Soleil, Bel Air and throughout Haiti, now. Eyewitnesses Describe Massacre by UN Troops on Haitian people, July 6, 2005 | There’s no time to waste. All the nationalities are down there in Haiti, in Even after death, our indignities and sufferings don’t stop, because their See, Open Letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from New York * (Audio Radio BC commentary) Outsiders plan Haitian elections: No voters? No problem by Sue Ashdown | Video: The Truth Behind the Haiti Coup * ************Urgent Action Requested************************ DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASE of Father Gerald Jean-Juste. International pressure Click here to also take further action: *********************Urgent Action Request********************* DENOUNCE THE SLAUGHTER OF HAITIAN CIVILIANS BY UN TROOPS IN HAITI, EVEN OF |
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