[News] Hands Off President Aristide - Emergency Haiti Demo SF - Tuesday, Sept 30 - 5pm

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*EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION*
*Tuesday, Sept 30th - 5PM*
*San Francisco,  Market & Montgomery*
*HANDS OFF PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND THE LAVALAS MOVEMENT!*
*HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS RALLY OUTSIDE PRESIDENT ARISTIDE'S HOME AFTER 
MASKED AND HOODED POLICE SURROUND IT!*
*ON SATURDAY MORNING, MASKED HAITIAN POLICE SURROUNDED FORMER PRESIDENT 
JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE'S HOUSE, AS HAITIAN RADIO STATIONS BROADCAST NEWS 
THAT HE WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RALLIED IN 
FRONT OF THE HOUSE, VOWING TO STAY THERE TO PREVENT HIS ARREST. *
*THIS IS THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE LAVALAS MOVEMENT'S 
CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS ON TUESDAY TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1991 COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT ARISTIDE. IT IS PART OF A 
PATTERN OF INTIMIDATION THAT HARKENS BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE DUVALIER 
DICTATORSHIP.*
*ON SEPTEMBER 12**^TH **, AT 1 A.M., THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT REMOVED THE 
SECURITY DETAIL THAT HAS BEEN GUARDING FORMER PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND HIS 
FAMILY SINCE HIS RETURN TO HAITI IN 2011. THIS CAME A DAY AFTER A JUDGE 
ORDERED PRESIDENT ARISTIDE, HAITI'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED 
PRESIDENT, TO BE PLACED UNDER "HOUSE ARREST."   UNDER CURRENT HAITIAN 
LAW, "HOUSE ARREST" DOES NOT EXIST, BUT IT WAS USED FREQUENTLY AS A FORM 
OF REPRESSION BY THE DUVALIER REGIME. *
*WE VIEW THIS WITH THE GRAVEST CONCERN AND CONSIDER THESE DEVELOPMENTS A 
DIRECT THREAT TO PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND HIS FAMILY. *
*PLEASE CALL THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S HAITI DESK. *
*THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A KEY SUPPORTER OF THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OF 
MICHEL MARTELLY. ****LET THEM KNOW -- GIVEN THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE 
MARTELLY GOVERNMENT -- THAT WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFETY AND 
WELFARE OF PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND HIS FAMILY, AND THAT WE DEMAND AN END 
TO THIS HARASSMENT AND REPRESSION AGAINST PRESIDENT ARISTIDE AND THE 
LAVALAS MOVEMENT. *
*Please Call: *
*Haiti Special Coordinator Thomas ADAMS *
*UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE*
*202 647-9510 <about:blank>*
AND
*Pamela White, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti *
*Embassy of the United States *
*Tabarre, Haiti *
*Tel: 011-509-2229-8000 <about:blank>*
*Fax 011 509 2-229-8028*
*Initiated by Haiti Action Committee *
*www.haitisolidarity.net 
<http://www.solidarityweb.com/lists/lt.php?id=Lh8CBwQKGQFVB0hVCVAECA>*

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