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8902: Alliance for Justice for Jean Dominique asks the senators to lift the immunity of Dany Toussaint. (fwd)



From: "[iso-8859-1] Régis BOURGEAT" <ameriques@rsf.fr>

<bigger><bigger>ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE 

</bigger>FOR JEAN DOMINIQUE





</bigger></bigger>August 14, 2001




Dear Members of the Senate,


The International Alliance for Justice for Jean Dominique urges you to
support the request of Judge Claudy Gassant to lift the immunity on
Senator Dany Toussaint so that the inquiries into the assassination of
Jean Dominique can be fully realized.


We join Reporters Sans Frontières in pointing out that it is only by
lifting Senator Toussaint's immunity that he will be able to prove the
innocence that he claims and that credibility will be delivered to the
Senate itself as an institution, and supporters of justice and the rule
of law.  


It is therefore now incumbent upon you to take this crucial step for
justice and democracy in Haiti.  We trust that you will not fail in
your duty and offer you our full support to this end.



Yours respectfully,



The International Alliance for Justice for Jean Dominique


Jorge Aguirre	Glenn Allen	Woody Allen


Robert Altman 	Paul Thomas Anderson 	Travis Anderson


Guy Antoine 	Dominique Arden (France)	Neda Armian


George Armitage	Adrienne Armstrong	Judy Arthur


Lauren Bacall	Eugenie Bafaloukos (Greece)	John Bailey


Ted Bafaloukos (Greece) 	Bob Balaban 	Bruno Barreto (Brazil)


Ed Begley, Jr.	Hercules Bellville (UK)	Andrea Belokopitsky-Medard


Patricia Benoit 	Luc Beraud (France)	Luc Besson (France)


David Blaine	Marcel Bluwal (France)	Robert Bookman


John Boorman (Ireland)	Kader Boukhanef (France)	Judith Boukhanef-Haïm
(France)       


Ron Bozman	Taylor Branch 	Adam Brooks


Claude Brulé (France) 	Anthony Calypso	Jean Cl. Carrière (France)


Kathleen Carroll	Father Robert Castle	Shari Cavin 


Mishka Cheyko (France)	Ethan Coen	Joel Coen	


Marc Cohen 	Alix Conde	Claude Confortes (France)


Roger Corman 	Alain Corneau (France)	Jonathan Cott


John Cusack	Ophelia Dahl	Edwidge Danticat


Leslee Dart	Ossie Davis	Ruby Dee 


Jonathan Demme	Ted Demme 	Robert De Niro	


Claire Denis (France)	Sophie Deschamps (France)	David Dinkins


Tashi Dolma (Tibet)	Louise Doutreligne (France)	Robert Downey, Sr.


Joel Dreyfuss 	Katherine Dunham 	Ricot Dupuy


Sister Carole East 	Nora Ephron	Vera Feyder (France)


Jacqueline Fils-Aimé	Jean-Paul Fils-Aimé	Tony Fitzpatrick


Milos Forman	Gil Friesen	Alain Franck (France)


Peter Gabriel (UK)	Lizi Gelber (France)	Joyce George


Richard Gere 	Amos Gitai (Israel)	Danny Glover


Gary Goetzman 	Spalding Gray 	Brian Grazer


David Greenberger 	Lynn Grossman 	J.-C. Grumberg (France)


Hans Hageman 	Ivan Hageman	Margareta Haïm (France) 	


Victor Haïm (France)	Lisa Gay Hamilton	Thomas Harris	


Beth Henley	Laurent Heynemann (France)	Bonnie Hlinomaz 	


Caroline Huppert (France)	Mary Beth Hurt	Amy Irving	


Sakina Jaffrey	Gina Jarrin 	Wyclef Jean 


Jean Jean-Pierre	Margo Jefferson	Norman Jewison 


Quincy Jones 	Spike Jonze	Nelly Kaplan (France)


Anna Karina (France) 	Andy Keir	Wendy Keys


David E. Kelley 	Philippe Kelly (France)	Polly King 


Stephen King	Alexa Kleinbard 	Beth Kling 


Lewis Kornhauser 	Pradip Krishen (India)	Michael Kuhling


Christine Lahti	Pascal Lainé (France) 	Vincent Landay


Darrell Larson 	Paul Lazar	Norman Lear


Spike Lee	Patrick Lemoine	Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (France)


John Lesher	Catherine Leterrier (France)	Skip Lievsay 	


Carol Littleton	Sidney Lumet	Norman Mailer	


Polly Mallinson (UK)	Eduardo Manet (France) 	Michael Mann	


Jean-Pierre Marchand (France)    Philippe Mari (France)	Mathilda May
(France)


Jocelyne Mayas	James McBride	Errol McDonald


Craig McKay	Bevin McNamara `	Mike Medavoy


Jo Menell	Randall Morris 	Toni Morrison


Teresa Mulha	Paul Newman	John Paul Newport


Thandie Newton (UK)	Rick Nicita 	Rainer Nurnberger 	


Ron Nyswaner 	Ol Parker (UK)	Gene Parseghian


Annie-B Parson	Gregory Peck	Arthur Penn


Suzana Peric 	Anna Hamilton Phelan	Harold Pinter (UK)


Johnny Planco	Lucas Platt	Marc Platt


Sidney Poitier	Rachel Portman (UK)	Chip Post


J.F. Prevand (France)	Dominique Probst (France)	Robert Redford


Ken Regan	Natasha Richardson 	Emmanuel Rigaut (France)


Tim Robbins	Julia Roberts 	Randall Robinson


Jim Roche 	Arundhati Roy (India)	Peter Saraf


Susan Sarandon 	Ed Saxon	Rob Schmidt


Steve Schmidt	Paul Schrader	Martin Scorsese


Leon Sevilla	Stella Sevilla 	Bob Shacochis


Jim Sheridan (Ireland)	Howard Shore 	Ken Starr


Mary Steenburgen 	Rudi Stern 	Sting


Peter Stone 	Irwin Stotzky 	Trudie Styler


Rose Styron 	Susanna Styron	William Styron


Barbara Sukowa	J.Ch. Tacchella (France)	Mary Tanneberger


Valerie Thomas 	Robert Farris Thompson	Mary Tobler


Jean-Yves Urfié (Italy)	Steven Van Zandt	Edie Vonnegut


Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	Denzel Washington	Pauletta Washington


Joe Weisbord 	Amy Wilentz	Robin Williams


Daniel Wolff	Alfre Woodard	Kristi Zea



cc:

Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, S.E Jean Marie Chérestal

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Republic of Haiti, S.E
Joseph Philippe Antonio

Minister for Justice and Public Safety of the Republic of Haiti, Mr.
Gary Lissade

Judge d'Instruction Tribunal Civil de Port au Prince, Judge Claudy
Gassant,

President of the United States of America, The Honorable Mr. George W.
Bush

Secretary of State of the United States of America, The Honorable Colin
L. Powell

US Ambassador to Haiti, Mr. Brian Dean Curran

Prime Minister of France, Mr. Lionel Jospin

Foreign Minister of France, Mr. Hubert Vedrine

French Ambassador to Haiti, S.E Yves Gaudeul

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Rt Hon. Tony Blair

Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The Rt Hon.
Robin Cook

UK Ambassador to Haiti, Mr. D.G. Ward

Secretary-General, United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan

Executive Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Bill Schulz

Chairman of Human Rights Watch, Mr. Jonathan Fanton

Secretary General of Reporters Sans Frontières, Mr. Robert Menard

Editor in Chief of Index on Censorship (UK), Ms. Ursula Owen

Assistant Director General of UNESCO Programme for Freedom of
Expression, Democracy and Peace, Mr. Alain Modoux

Executive Director of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, Mr.
Jocelyn McCalla

Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Ms. Ann
Kooper

Ana Arana, The Inter-American Press Association

Membership of the International Alliance for Justice for Jean
Dominique

PEN American Center

Michael Tigar, Esq.

Ramsey Clark, Esq.


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