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The U.S.-backed de facto government of Haiti has stepped up its repression of truthful voices, jailing pro-democracy priest Fr. Gérard Jean-Juste, summoning the director of independent Radio Solidarity to court, and jailing activists who have sought refuge in the Dominican Republic....

Here's an updated action call with updated list of contacts. In particular, we're trying to get the international human rights agencies to speak out... Pass this list onto your circles......

First the good news: our mobilization is having an impact. The grassroots outrage at the July 6 Cite Soleil shootings by UN Peacekeepers forced the UN to abandon its claim of no civilian casualties, issue an apology and even announce an investigation. Second, the movement for human rights in Haiti is accelerating. The last 10 days have seen protests against the Cite Soleil killings in 15 cities in Haiti, Brazil, Canada, France and the U.S. Amnesty International has declared Fr. Jean-Juste a...

On July 25th, Amnesty International declared Catholic priest Gérard Jean-Juste a prisoner of conscience. He is being held in isolation in the Haitian National Penitentiary, and has been in isolation since late on July 21st....

Protest campaign spreads to 5 countries & 15 cities in coordinated day of action. Wave of Protest Condemns UN Massacre of Poor in Haiti...

Interview with Kim Ives, editor of Haiti Progres, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...

“Two helicopters flew overhead. At 4:30 AM, UN forces launched the offensive, shooting into houses, shacks, a church, and a school with machine guns, tank fire, and tear gas. Eyewitnesses reported that when people fled to escape the tear gas, UN troops gunned them down from the back.”...

Three days this month in strife-torn Haiti should have sufficed to show José Miguel Insulza, the brand new Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), that something is very wrong with both Haiti and his predecessors' Haiti policy. But instead of using the OAS helm change and the visit to set a new course, Mr. Insulza recommitted the organization to its current failures, at the expense of Haiti's long-suffering citizenry....

Father Jean Juste has been arrested, charged with the murder of Jacques Roche*....

Charlemagne Peralte was a Haitian man who took up arms to defend the Haitian peasants being massacred by the U.S. Marines in Haiti during the U.S. occupation of 1915....