19728: Blanchet: Fw: FW: Help Lovinsky Now (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Max Blanchet <MaxBlanchet@worldnet.att.net>
> >
> > PLEASE, EVERYONE.  CONTACT THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND
> > OUR REPRESENTATIVES ON BEHALF OF LOVINSKY RIGHT
> > AWAY!
> >
> > From: Mary Kay Smith Fawzi MSN
> >
> > Dear PIHers,
> >
> > Lovinsky lobbied congress with us (Let Haiti Live
> > coalition) a year and a
> > half ago (Sept. 2002) and he is an incredible
> > advocate for the poor in
> > Haiti.  This is emblematic of what is going on right
> > now...
> >
> > Mary Kay
> >
> >
> > From :
> > <Brianhaiti@aol.com>
> >
> > To :
> > eugenia@haitireborn.org
> >
> > Subject :
> > Re: Lovinsky is taken by US embassy
> >
> > Sent :
> > Tuesday, March 2, 2004 3:34 PM
> >
> > Draft 3/2, 3:30ET
> >
> > It has been reported that Human Rights activist
> > Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine was
> > arrested this morning in Port-au-Prince, by the
> > armed insurgents who have
> > taken over the country.   Mr. Pierre-Antoine was
> > Haiti's most prominent
> > advocate for prosecuting those responsible for past
> > human rights violations
> > in Haiti, including many leaders of the insurgency.
> > His life is, therefore
> > in danger, and it is incumbent on the U.S.
> > government to ensure that Mr.
> > Pierre-Antoine is released promptly, unharmed.
> >
> > Mr. Pierre-Antoine, a Canadian-educated
> > psychologist, started working for
> > democratic change during the dictatorship of
> > Jean-Claude Duvalier, as part
> > of the Catholic Church's liberation theology
> > movement in Haiti.
> >
> > During the 1991-1994 dictatorship, he continued
> > working with Church groups,
> > and was forced underground.  A psychologist,
> > Pierre-Antoine was a founder of
> > MAP VIV, an organization that provided psychological
> > counseling and other
> > services to victims of the coup, and worked for
> > justice for them.  He later
> > founded the September 30 Foundation, Haiti's largest
> > human rights group,
> > which worked for justice and compensation for the
> > victims.  The Foundation's
> > work has been highly praised, and received support
> > from the United Nations
> > Fund for the Protection of Victims of Torture and
> > other international
> > organizations.  Mr. Pierre-Antoine speaks often
> > about human rights and
> > Haiti's democratic transition, in the U.S., Canada
> > and in Haiti.
> >
> > Mr. Pierre-Antoine is also the General Director of
> > the Haitian government's
> > Migration Office, that coordinated government's
> > migration policy, and
> > provided support to Haitians who were repatriated
> > from overseas.
> >
> > In working for justice, Mr. Pierre-Antoine has made
> > enemies of powerful men,
> > all with a history of killing political opponents.
> > He specifically
> > pressured for the prosecution of many top leaders of
> > the insurgency,
> > including: Jodel Chamblain, the second-in-command of
> > the FRAPH death squad,
> > who was convicted in absentia  for the 1994 Raboteau
> > massacre and the 1993
> > assassination of Antoine Izmery; Jean Tatoune, a
> > local FRAPH leader in
> > 1993-1994, also convicted for the Raboteau Massacre;
> > Guy Philippe, who led
> > two murderous coup attempts in 2001 and several
> > smaller attacks in 2002 and
> > 2003, and was responsible for many police killings
> > in 2000.  Mr.
> > Pierre-Antoine also worked for the prosecution of
> > many criminals who the
> > insurgents have freed, including former military
> > dictator Prosper Avril and
> > three members of the 1991-1994 high command.
> >
> > All of these men have strong ties to the U.S.
> > government.  In addition,
> > because it has pushed Haiti's elected government
> > from office, the U.S. has a
> > special responsibility to ensure the protection of
> > government supporters.
> >
> >
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