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DESCRIPTION:Free Haiti’s Political Prisoners! Restore Democracy Now!  Emergency Vigil 
 March 28th at 4:30PM in UN Plaza, SF  Join Haiti Action Committee for a 
 vigil on Monday, March 28th at 4:30PM in San Francisco’s UN Plaza near 
 the Civic Center to protest the continued incarceration of a thousand 
 political prisoners jailed for almost a year without charges in Haiti and 
 to demand the restoration of Haiti’s legitimate government.   It has been 
 a crime for Haitians to express their solidarity with President Aristide 
 since the February 2004 coup, a crime punishable by summary execution in 
 thousands of cases. Those who aren’t killed are put in jail just for 
 expressing their support for Lavalas [Aristide’s party], even wearing 
 Aristide t-shirts in peaceful demonstrations. Their continued imprisonment 
 underscores the US government’s disregard for Haiti’s people and its 
 constitution, and the complete dissolution of free speech, association and 
 press in Haiti. This is the situation that has kept Prime Minister Yvon 
 Neptune, Minister of Interior Jocelerme Privert, and Lavalas activist 
 Annette Auguste, along with hundreds of grassroots activists, labor leaders 
 and residents of poor neighborhoods jailed in miserable conditions.  The 
 situation of the prisoners, dramatized by Prime Minister Neptune and 
 Minister Privert’s recent hunger strike, is urgent.  On March 7th, 
 Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) flew to Haiti to visit the Prime 
 Minister in his prison cell just days before he was hospitalized in a coma. 
 He refused to quit the hunger strike until the injustice of his confinement 
 is addressed.    The vigil will continue through the night if it’s not 
 raining, ending Tuesday afternoon with a 4PM rally.For more information, 
 phone Haiti Action Committee at (510) 483-7481     \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/23/61133.php
SUMMARY:Free Haiti’s Political Prisoners! Restore Democracy Now!
LOCATION:UN Plaza
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/23/61133.php
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