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| 27/1/06 |
Diagnosed with pneumonia: Father Jean Juste suffering horribly in Haiti for championing the poor – Call Haitian Radio, TV Stations and news services |
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HLLN ACTION REQUESTED – DEMAND RELEASE OF FATHER JEAN JUSTE ñ diagnosed today by a Harvard Medical doctor with pneumonia and worsening leukemia condition. URGENT, URGENT, URGENT: It’s obvious to us, given the length of time Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, Father Jean Juste, So Ann, Jacques Mathelier have spent in jail for no good cause that justice deferred is justice denied. It is equally obvious that concerned Haitians MUST do something beyond appeal to the US Congress and State Department so that Latortue will OPEN the prison doors to free the Fanmi Lavalas leadership as well as the more than 1000 Lavalas sympathizers he has jailed without charge or trial for close to 2 years now. We stress that the keys to Latortue’s jails as well as Haiti’s liberation rest squarely in the able hands of the Haitian people. HLLN therefore appeals again, directly to the HAITIANS in Haiti, actually given those prison keys to hold, to stop following orders or ìdoing their jobsî and, instead, do the moral and ethical thing: Take positive action and open the prison gates. Stop the death of Jean Juste and all the political prisoners in Haiti. Please. All the political prisoners NEED to be released immediately. Itís time for the law to be brought into application. Jean Justeís life is in serious, serious and immediate danger. HLLN ACTION REQUESTED FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL NETWORK AND HAITIANS: We are asking for our Network, especially Haitians and those who speak Kreyol, to immediately call the newspapers, television stations and radio stations IN HAITI. (See list below) We must let the PEOPLE OF HAITI know father Jean Juste will not live long. His condition has substantially worsened. This morning he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Dr. Jennifer Furin, from the Harvard Medical School, who examined Fr. Jean-Juste TODAY, wrote “marked deterioration of his condition since I last saw him two weeks ago.” “his health has steadily deteriorated. Over the last four days he has had a fever and cough, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. His blood cell count has dropped markedly due to the leukemia, and he appears extremely pale, fatigued, and with visible skin bruises due to his rapidly advancing disease” “Father Jean-Juste requires immediate hospital-level care for this deteriorating condition. Further, given his precipitously low blood cell counts, significantly worse than two weeks ago…” Ayisyen, nou pa kapab ap ret chita tann “GWO MOUN” lan etazini pou ede nou. Fok Ayisyen leve kampe pou sove lavi pË Jean Juste jodi a menm!!! KriminËl ki lage kidnapË Stanley Handal ak asasin Louis Jodel Chamblain yo pa p pË touye pË Jean Juste. We must defend our own, ourselves. We are our own liberators. We urge Haitians to call the Haitian radio stations in Haiti. Let them know that Father Jean Juste will die without immediate medical treatment. Explain to them that the Harvard doctor who examined him today said “it is imperative that he also receives immediate treatment for his leukemia. Without this treatment he will die in prison.” At this critical juncture, with Father Jean-Juste’s imminent death staring us in the face, we ask the Haitian people to flood the media in Haiti and in the Diaspora. Take to the streets la sosyete. Agitate, agitate, agitate and the gates will open and our liberation will come. PË Jean Juste deserves our help more, our actions MORE. Ayisyen, stand up for him, please. * Radio Ginen, 246 2867 Melody FM 221 8568 or 221- 8596 Radio Tropic FM (011 509) 244 0571 Radio National Dí Haiti – 223 – 5712, 0r 223-6264 Radio Galaxie, 223-9942 or 223-9943 Radio Vision 2000 – 245-4914 Radio Kiskeya 244-6605 or 244- 6607 Radio Metropole, 246ñ2626 or 246-5335 Radio Caraibe FM ñ 223-0644 or 223-6827 Radio Megastar – Radio Antilles ****************** Ask the ones you reach for the numbers for the other stations in Haiti. Call Haitian TV stations: Please folks, if you can think of something else HLLN may do now to pressure for the IMMEDIATE release of father Jean Juste, let us know. If you have the numbers, names and/or emails for the other Haitian radio and TV stations in Haiti, please e-mail them to erzilidanto@yahoo.com immediately for sharing with the Network. Also, if any of the above numbers are wrong, and you know the updated numbers, let us know that also. Mesi anpil. Contact information for US local and national media is: capwiz.com/wa/dbq/media Marguerite (Ezili Danto) Laurent, Esq. ************* LATEST ALERT FOR THE HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE: No time to waste – First leukemia, now pneumonia — ACTION STEPS: call 1) Haiti’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ray Joseph (202 332 4090), Doctor’s report TODAY 1.26.06: “marked deterioration of his condition since I last saw him two weeks ago.” “his health has steadily deteriorated. Over the last four days he has had a fever and cough, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. His blood cell counts have dropped markedly due to the leukemia, and he appears extremely pale, fatigued, and with visible skin bruises due to his rapidly advancing disease.”, “Father Jean-Juste requires immediate hospital-level care for this deteriorating condition. Further, given his precipitously low blood cell counts?significantly worse than two weeks ago?it is imperative that he also receives immediate treatment for his leukemia. Without this treatment he will die in prison.” Letter from Dr. Jennifer Furin, Harvard Medical School, who examined Fr. Jean-Juste TODAY 1/26/06 Mr. Brian Concannon Dear Mr. Concannon, I am writing because I am deeply concerned about the health of Father Gerard Jean-Juste. I am currently in Port-au-Prince, where I have just examined Father Jean-Juste and am alarmed at the marked deterioration of his condition since I last saw him two weeks ago. As you know, Father Jean-Juste was diagnosed with leukemia a few weeks ago. This diagnosis was confirmed by Haitian physicians two weeks ago. Since that time, his health has steadily deteriorated. Over the last four days he has had a fever and cough, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. His blood cell counts have dropped markedly due to the leukemia, and he appears extremely pale, fatigued, and with visible skin bruises due to his rapidly advancing disease. While he has received some antibiotics in prison for the pneumonia, Father Jean-Juste requires immediate hospital-level care for this deteriorating condition. Further, given his precipitously low blood cell counts – significantly worse than two weeks ago – it is imperative that he also receives immediate treatment for his leukemia. Without this treatment he will die in prison. There is no time to waste. Thank you for any assistance you can provide for Father Jean-Juste. ACTION STEPS: Other Telephones: 011-509-223-4711Ö222-0200 or 0354ÖFax: 011-509-223-1641 or 9038 Email to Dana Banks, Human Rights Officer: BanksD@state.gov Demand Gerard Jean-Juste’s IMMEDIATE release from prison for urgent medical treatment in the US. This parish priest and pro-democracy activist is being held in a Haitian prison solely for his political beliefs and his activism on behalf of the poor majority in Haiti. He has been declared a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International. His church, St. Claire’s in Port-au-Prince, serves a healthy meal for 700 children four times a week. Republican Senator Richard Lugar has just joined over 40 members of Congress in demanding his freedom. The father’s life is in danger. Momentum is building. Your action now can make a difference. ******************************** |
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