[News] New UN attacks in Haiti

[Anti-Imperialist News]

FROM:   "dwelsh" <sub at sonic.net>
DATE:    Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:57:38 -0500

***URGENT ACTION ALERT***
NEW ATTACKS ON CITE SOLEIL RESIDENTS BY UN TROOPS


The Haiti Action Committee has received 
eyewitness reports over the past four days from 
Cite Soleil that UN troops have launched a new 
round of attacks on the residents there, killing 
at least three civilians and gravely wounding others.

According to the preliminary reports:

    * On Wednesday, November 23rd, UN troops 
killed one man who was a maker of kitchen 
utensils when they fired into his shop near his home; 5 reported wounded.
    * Over the weekend, UN troops­led by 
Jordanian soldiers­killed two more Cite Soleil 
residents, husband and wife, and wounded 8 
people. More people could have been killed and 
wounded­further investigation is required.

Residents in Cite Soleil are once again trapped and under siege.

This could be a massacre that is in the making as we send out this alert.

Unfortunately, the UN troops have already 
demonstrated on July 6th, 2005, and again on 
other occasions that they will shoot and kill 
men, women and children in their homes, in their 
beds, and as they go about their daily chores. 
Now is the time to act -- to let them know the 
world is watching and demands an end to the killings!

Contact the following officials and demand that 
they intervene to stop the siege on the residents of Cite Soleil:

    * Craig G. 
Mokhiber, 
Deputy Director, NY Office of the UN High 
Commissioner for Human 
Rights 
Ph: 
917-367-5208 
mokhiber at un.org
    * Juan Gabriel Valdes,
        Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Haiti
        Phone: 011-509-244-9650 or 9660 FAX 011-509 244

    * Thierry 
Fagart, 
Human Rights Chief, UN Mission in 
Haiti 
Ph: 011-509-510-3183 or 3185 - ext. 
6360 
fagart at un.org
    * US Embassy in 
Haiti 
Telephones: 011-509-223-4711
222-0200 or 
0354
 
Fax: 011-509-223-1641 or 
9038 
Email: Dana Banks, Human Rights 
Officer:  BanksD at state.gov 
                                                                                                                                 OVER 
THE WEEKEND OR AT NIGHT -- Call 011-509-222-0200 and press "0" for emergency.

***Be sure to contact your local media, and ask 
that they cover these atrocities.

Please check 
<http://www.haitiaction.net>http://www.haitiaction.net 
for updates on what is happening.



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