Please come to the Vigil for our dear friend Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, the disappeared Haitian human rights activist, kidnapped 12 August 2007. He worked ceaselessly with women and children victims of the 2004 and previous coups -- his family and community need him safely returned.
o Updates on the plight of both Haitian and Tamil people, who are suffering occupation, murder and rape and who continue to protest against it. News from Haiti and updates from Tamil people in Parliament Square, entering their 10th week of protest.
o Remember Father Jean-Juste: www.Haitisolidarity.net Thousands of people attended his funeral in Miami, Florida. See the above website for more about the life and contribution of this committed Haitian liberation theology priest, who like Lovinsky campaigned tirelessly for the people of Haiti. Father Jean-Juste is widely known for campaigning with immigrants and refugees, and others suffering injustice.
Global Women’s Strike 0207 482 2496 womenstrike8m@server101.net
To support the Tamil people: www.tamilnet.com
To help Lovinsky, and sign the petition: www.lovinsky.org
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Local agriculture has been destroyed by US rice imports, and a tiny elite now profits from sweatshops which exploit an impoverished population. Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, kidnapped 12 August 2007, worked ceaselessly with women and children victims of this and previous coups.
Following international public pressure there have been calls for justice in the
UK and US Parliaments:
UK: Early Day Motion – Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine (1935)
That this
House is extremely worried that there is still no news of disappeared Haitian
human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine who fought for justice for the
victims of the 1991 and 2004 military coups against elected President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide; recognises that the world owes a debt to Haiti, the
first country to abolish slavery in 1804, decades before the US and Europe, and
that Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine represents this long revolutionary tradition; notes
that many people are accusing the Haitian and UN authorities of not doing enough
to find Mr Pierre-Antoine; welcomes the concern expressed by US Congresswoman
Maxine Waters, actors Danny Glover and Vanessa Redgrave, Secretary General of
Pax Christi International, Claudette Werleigh, and the Amnesty International
report which also warns of threats to the life of Mr Pierre-Antoine's colleague
Wilson Mésilien; commends the weekly vigils held in Port-au-Prince, London, Los
Angeles and San Francisco for keeping Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine in the public eye;
and calls on the Government to use its influence to urge the Haitian and UN
authorities to double their efforts to locate Mr Pierre-Antoine and ensure the
protection of Mr Mésilien.
John McDonnell MP
USA: Congresswoman Barbara Lee has introduced a Bill calling for an investigation of the Bush Administration’s role in the 2004 coup.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters has issued a resolution to cancel Haiti's debts (CA-35).
Vigil for the return of Haitian human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine. Wednesdays, 5-6pm, Brazilian Embassy, 32 Green St, WC1.
Can’t come but want to help? Sign the petition, write a letter, and please let us know what actions you take so they can be counted in the growing international movement for justice for the people of Haiti and the return of this much-loved grassroots organizer.
Sign the petition: www.petitiononline.com/lovinsky/petition.html Thousands of groups and individuals worldwide have, including: Danny Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Sheen, George Lamming, Madaraka Nyerere, Tony Benn, John McDonnell MP, Moazzam Begg, and more. Download it as a word doc and collect signatures
You can write/fax/email (see models letter on blog site):
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Brazilian
Embassy (head of the UN forces in Haiti):
His Excellency Ambassador Carlos Augusto R Santos-Neves.
info@brazil.org.uk.
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United States
Embassy:
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Tel: 011-509-223-4711, or 222-0200 or 0354. FAX: 011-509-223-1641
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UN
Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH)
Tel: 011-509-244-0650/0660.
FAX:
011-509-244-9366/67. Or Fax: Office of Secretary General (New
York): 212-963-4879
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President Préval Palais National,
Port-au-Prince, Haïti
Tel: 011-509-245-0474 Fax: (206) 350-7986 (a U.S. number).
Email:
avokahaiti@aol.com. Fax
and email for Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti; they will
ensure a copy is delivered to President Préval)
v Write/Fax President Obama: Protect Haitian Refugees
Phone 202-456-1111. FAX 202-456-2461. The US aims to deport 30,000 undocumented Haitian immigrants to storm-ravaged Haiti. Ask President Obama to Stop all deportations to Haiti and intensify the Search for Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine.
For latest information visit the blog: www.lovinsky.org
Or contact Global Women’s Strike 020 7482 2496