by proldic » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:26 am
[CDNAct] Wed Aug 10 15:15:27 MDT 2005: <br><br>Urgent Action Alert - Act now to stop the killing...prevent new UN/police<br>invasion of Cite Soleil<br>New Police Massacre of the Poor in Solino Quarter of Haitian Capital...<br> <br>August 10, 2005 -- By now many of you have undoubtedly heard reports of<br>on-going killings and massacres in poor neighhborhoods of Port-au-Prince,<br>the latest one apparently conducted by the Haitian police last weekend<br>through Monday August 8 in the community of Solino. According to Haitian<br>media outlets, quoting Solino residents, many people were killed in a brutal<br>invasion of a poor community reminiscent of the assault by UN troops on Cite<br>Soleil on July 6th. The source said that so-called "attaches" or<br>paramilitary death-squad elements participated with the police in the<br>assault, which targeted supporters of the majority Lavalas political<br>movement.<br> <br>Haitian media organizations, quoting Solino residents, reported that<br>machetes were being distributed out of a National Police car to individuals<br>attached to the national police. Solino residents described in horrific<br>detail the dismembered bodies of a number of people, particularly young<br>women, with body parts being placed in black plastic bags, and that this<br>morning in a ditch in Solino, dogs had broken into some of the bags to eat<br>the body parts. Women are being targeted by police and the "attaches"<br>because so many strong Lavalas community leaders are women, and because<br>women are playing a leading role in the pro-democracy movement.<br> <br>Now there are reports from Port-au-Prince that yet another assault on Cite<br>Soleil is being planned, either by UN troops or by the police or both. Bear<br>in mind that by recent decree of the UN Security Council, MINUSTAH (the UN<br>Mission in Haiti) is now officially in charge of the Haitian National<br>Police, and therefore bears responsibility for the indiscriminate killings<br>by the police in Solino this past weekend. <br> <br>According to a community leader, "They are trying to dismantle the<br>grassroots leadership of Lavalas by killing them -- in one neighborhood<br>after another. This is all in preparation for the sham elections they have<br>cooked up for this fall to try and legitimize the February 29, 2004 coup<br>d'etat and the coup regime. By 'they' I mean the death-squad government and<br>their US, UN, French and Canadian backers." <br> <br>Many believe these invasions by heavily armed troops and mass killings in<br>the poor districts are aimed at preventing mass demonstrations by the poor<br>majority calling for the return of their democratically elected President,<br>Jean-Bertrand Aristide, such as have occurred with regularity since the 2004<br>coup.<br> <br>Please act now and voice your protest to the relevant authorities. Call,<br>email, or fax the following individuals <br>and demand:<br> <br>1) an immediate halt to the violence by UN troops and the Haitian police<br>against unarmed people in poor communities such as Cite Soleil, Bel Air and<br>Solino.<br> <br>2) an impartial and independent human rights investigation into the July 6th<br>UN operation in Cite Soleil, the recent police operation in Solino this past<br>week-end, and similar operations in poor, popular neighborhoods over the<br>past year.<br> <br>In addition to your US Congressional representatives, please contact the<br>following:<br> <br>US Govt. Officials:<br>James B. Foley<br>Ambassador to Haiti<br>phone: 011-509-222-0200, 222-0354, 222-0269, 222-0327<br>fax: 011-509-223-9038<br><br>UN Forces in Haiti:<br>Juan Gabriel Valdes<br>Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to<br>Haiti<br>phone: 011-509-244-9650 or 9660<br>fax 011-509 244 3512.<br><br>David Beer<br>Commissioner of CIVPOL the UN Civilian Police in Haiti<br>phone: 011-509-525-5279<br>email: HYPERLINK<br>"javascript<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> l('<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To%3dbeer@un.">mail.yahoo.com/config/log...3dbeer@un.</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>org%26amp;YY%3d70677%26amp;order%3ddown%26amp;sort%3ddate%26amp;pos%3d0%26am<br>p;view%3da%26amp;head%3db');"beer at un.org<br>fax: 011-509-244-9366.<br><br>UN Human Rights Officials: <br>Mahamane Cissé-Gouro <br>Port-au-Prince<br>HYPERLINK<br>"javascript<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> l('<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To%3dcisse-go">mail.yahoo.com/config/log...3dcisse-go</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>uro at un.org%26amp;YY%3d70677%26amp;order%3ddown%26amp;sort%3ddate%26amp;pos%3<br>d0%26amp;view%3da%26amp;head%3db');"cisse-gouro at un.org <br>011-509-403-4012<br>Thierry Fagart - HYPERLINK<br>"<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=B0BD3D16">by103fd.bay103.hotmail.ms...g=B0BD3D16</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>-BC56-4054-A0E6-2265F46A2EEE&start=0&len=15283&src=&type=x&to=fagart at un.org&<br>cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=d9072<br>446796d1eb2b4bab72f62974becaff1e42b2040429a132bcdbbd2cafad9"fagart at un.org<br><br>Louise Arbour<br>UN High Commissioner for Human Rights<br>1211 Geneva 10<br>Switzerland<br>ph: 41-22-917-9000<br>fax: 41-22-917-9011<br>email: HYPERLINK<br>"javascript<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> l('<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To%3dngochr@o">mail.yahoo.com/config/log...3dngochr@o</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>hchr.org%26amp;YY%3d70677%26amp;order%3ddown%26amp;sort%3ddate%26amp;pos%3d0<br>%26amp;view%3da%26amp;head%3db');"ngochr at ohchr.org<br><br>Bacre Waly Ndiaye<br>Director—New York Office of the UN Office of the High<br>Commssioner for Human Rights<br>ph: 212-963-1583 or 212-963-5930<br>fax: 212-963-3463<br><br>Other Human Rights Groups:<br>Amnesty International<br>International Secretariat<br>1 Easton St. <br>London<br>WCIXODW, UK<br>Contact: Gerardo email: HYPERLINK<br>"javascript<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> l('<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To%3dGducos@a">mail.yahoo.com/config/log...3dGducos@a</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>mnesty.org%26amp;YY%3d70677%26amp;order%3ddown%26amp;sort%3ddate%26amp;pos%3<br>d0%26amp;view%3da%26amp;head%3db');"Gducos at amnesty.org<br><br>Also, all Amnesty members should contact their local<br>chapters and organize these chapters to contact the<br>International Secretariat in London.<br> <br>For more information contact the Haiti Action Committee, <br>510-483-1781, HYPERLINK<br>"<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=B0BD3D16">by103fd.bay103.hotmail.ms...g=B0BD3D16</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>-BC56-4054-A0E6-2265F46A2EEE&start=0&len=15283&src=&type=x&to=haitiaction at ya<br>hoo.com&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001<br>&a=d9072446796d1eb2b4bab72f62974becaff1e42b2040429a132bcdbbd2cafad9"haitiact<br>ion at yahoo.com or visit HYPERLINK<br>"javascript<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> l('<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.haitiaction.net');"www.haitiaction.net">www.haitiaction.net');"ww...action.net</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
