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- From: Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>
- Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 07:06:37 -0500 (CDT)
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From: Haiti Action Committee <haitiaction@yahoo.com>
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Pretoria, South Africa
Solidarity with Rev. Father Gérard Jean Juste
After more than a month in jail, the health of Rev. Fr. Gérard Jean
Juste is deteriorating. Once again I join my voice to the voices of many
calling for his release. His unlawful detention, alongside the unlawful
detention of thousands of political prisoners in Haiti, demonstrates a clear
determination to exclude Lavalas, or the huge majority of Haitian people, from
participating in free, fair and democratic elections.
Again we must ask: In 1994, who could have expected free, fair and
democratic elections in South Africa with Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Oliver
Tambo and other leaders and members of the African National Congress in jail,
exile or in hiding?
In Haiti, in order to have elections and not a ?selection?, the
following steps must be taken:
1. The thousands of Lavalas who are in jail and in exile must be free to
return home.
2. The repression that has already killed over 10,000 people must end
immediately.
3. Then, there must be national dialogue.
Fr. Jean Juste too has echoed this call for dialogue and peace. He must be
freed.
All the political prisoners must be freed.
Dialogue leading to peace through the restoration of constitutional order ?
this
is the will of the Haitian people. After 200 years of independence it is clear
that from this dialogue will emerge a new Haiti.
August 31, 2005
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Juste<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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</SPAN></B>After more than a month in jail, the health of Rev. Fr. Gérard Jean
Juste is deteriorating.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Once again
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demonstrates a clear determination to exclude Lavalas, or the huge majority of
Haitian people, from participating in free, fair and democratic
elections.</FONT></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Again we must ask:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 1994,
who could have expected free, fair and democratic elections in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South
Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region> with Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki,
Oliver Tambo and other leaders and members of the African National Congress in
jail, exile or in hiding?</FONT></FONT></P>
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1"> </SPAN>In
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Haiti</st1:place></st1:country-region>, in order to have elections
and not a ?selection?, the following steps must be taken:</FONT></FONT></P>
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7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT
size=3>The thousands of Lavalas who are in jail and in exile must be free to
return home.</FONT></FONT></P>
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7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT
size=3>The repression that has already killed over 10,000 people must end
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dialogue leading to peace through the restoration
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After 200 years of independence it is
clear that from this dialogue will emerge a new <st1:country-region
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