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Bring Lovinsky Home!

 

Vigil calling for his immediate, safe return
Friday 16 Nov

Edith Cavell Statue

St Martin’s Lane ,Trafalgar Square WC2, London
 

 

Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, the internationally respected Haitian human rights activist, disappeared in Haiti on the evening of 12 August.  He is a well-known and extraordinary grassroots organiser beloved by his community, and a leading advocate for the poor, including street children, teenage mothers and victims of torture.

The London Vigil is in solidarity with international actions the same day called by Haitians who are launching the “Campaign for Mobilization and Consciousness” to keep Lovinsky’s safe return in the public eye and to prick the conscience of the abductors.

Please urge the Brazilian, Canadian and US governments -- who play a key role as UN forces responsible for law and order in Haiti since the 2004 coup -- to do all in their power, including making resources available to ensure Lovinsky’s immediate and safe release to his family and the community which need him.

We all owe a great debt to the Haitian people.  Haiti holds a special place in the hearts of many.  As the first Black republic, Haiti led the way for the emancipation of those enslaved everywhere; it was a refuge for Simon Bolivar, the liberator of Latin America, and Haitian troops fought alongside him.  The spirited and principled determination of Haitian people and their refusal to bend to the powerful forces which have tried to keep them down, have been and continue to be an inspiration throughout the world but especially to those of us who work to defend human rights.  Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine personifies the Haitian spirit which refuses to submit despite all the odds. 

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO

The Haitian grassroots has called for worldwide actions to press for Lovinsky’s release. You can answer their call by:

·         Coming to the London Vigil

·         Signing the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/august/petition.html, and circulating it in your networks

·         Join our email list for regular information and future actions

·         Contact your local press or media to tell them about this campaign to bring Lovinsky back, or call a vigil where you are.

 

 

Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is co-founder of Fondasyon Trant Septanm, an organization formed by family members and others concerned about the victims of the 1991 coup in Haiti.  Similar to the work of internationally renowned Mothers of the Disappeared in Central and South America, for over a decade, the September 30th Foundation held weekly vigils demanding justice for victims of human rights violations and for the release of political prisoners.   Co-founder of Fondasyon Kore Timoun Yo (Foundation for the Support of Children) for young street children in Port au Prince, FAM (Foyer pour Adolescentes Mères),
a center for teenage mothers, and Map Viv ("I Live"), a program designed to give medical and psychological aid to the victims of the 1991 coup. His present community-based human rights organization Fondasyon Trant Septnm grew out of the work of those earlier efforts. 

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