[News] Haiti - Demonstration and Repression in Port-au-Prince, video and photos - February 14, 2021

Mon Feb 15 19:08:18 EST 2021

Protest 2-14-21 massive2.jpg
Demonstrations took place in cities and towns throughout Haiti yesterday 
to denounce the Jovenel Moise dictatorship and the US-UN occupation that 
supports it. InPort-au-Prince a march of over 100,000 people stretched 
for blocks. Haitian police and their affiliated death squads attacked 
protestors with tear gas and bullets; many injuries were reported in 
Port-au-Prince. A leader of the moto-taxi drivers union, 30-year-old 
Ronald Dufresne, a father of five (5), was killed and set on fire along 
with his motorcycle near Delmas 95. Stand in solidarity with the 
struggle in Haiti. Demand an end to US support of Haitian dictator 
Jovenel Moise! See the HAC action alert 
<https://haitisolidarity.net/haiti-action-alert/> below and please 
spread the word!

Video of Massive demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sunday 
February 14th, 2021 - Video by La Question
https://youtu.be/rpi3ovB1Ams <https://youtu.be/rpi3ovB1Ams>

Translation of protestor's sign: "Down with BINUH". BiNUH is the acronym 
for the changed name of the 17-year UN occupation "/United 
Nations/Integrated Office in/Haiti//"/

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*From:*haiti action <action.haiti at gmail.com 
<mailto:action.haiti at gmail.com>>
*Subject:*Take Action! Demand US end support for Haitian dictator 
Jovenel Moise

*Solidarity with the People of Haiti! 
End US and UN support of Haitian 
dictator Jovenel Moise*

*Please E-mail and tweet the demands below to the following officials 
and to your Congressional representative and Senators:*

*● End all support for the dictatorship of Jovenel Moise
● End all 
recognition of the government of Jovenel Moise as of February 7th, 
2021 as required by Haiti's constitution
● Stop all funding of the 
criminal Haitian police and security forces*

*US Representative Gregory W. Meeks*, Senior Member, House Foreign 
Relations Committee: tweet @RepGregoryMeeks; ph: 202-225-3461
*Secretary of State Antony Blinken*: tweet @SecBlinken; ph: 
202-647-4000; emailhttps://register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform 
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*President Joe Biden*: tweet at POTUS; 
emailhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/contact 
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Haiti Action Committee strongly condemns the continued US and UN support 
for Haitian dictator Jovenel Moise as he flaunts the Haitian 
constitution and clings to power. Moise has been ruling by decree for 
months and is now pushing to enact illegitimate constitutional reforms 
that would give him even more power. Having come to power through a 
US-UN supported fraudulent election, denounced widely in Haiti as an 
“electoral coup,” the Moise regime is now poised to stage another series 
of phony elections to maintain its stranglehold over the country. We 
stand in solidarity with the resistance and resolve of Haitians in and 
outside of Haiti to get rid of this criminal regime.

Even though Moise’s term of office officially ended on February 7th, he 
has announced his intention to remain in power for one more year, and 
has launched amajor crackdown 
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FInternational%2FwireStory%2Fhaitis-president-alleges-coup-conspiracy-20-arrested-75740352&data=04%7C01%7C%7C6f68436bdf174ee6f93308d8cd1209f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637484824640537283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ZC%2Bbd6QrTTGR8DM3s4cSpbvwczhHYCkXBUN28xp61YE%3D&reserved=0>against 
any opposition to his rule.*Rather than denounce this attack on 
democracy, a recentstatement by US State Department 
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.gov%2Fbriefings%2Fdepartment-press-briefing-february-5-2021%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C6f68436bdf174ee6f93308d8cd1209f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637484824640537283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=AEGuVU6otqwpLKRt1RuapIJ5npbpBPPNeriHj5c0znU%3D&reserved=0>spokesperson 
Ned Price signaled the Biden Administration’s backing for 
Moise.*Millions of US dollars have been provided to the Moise 
dictatorship to fund themurderous security forces 
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfbayview.com%2F2020%2F11%2Fstop-the-massacres-in-haiti-end-us-and-un-support-for-the-criminal-regime-of-jovenel-moise%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C6f68436bdf174ee6f93308d8cd1209f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637484824640547240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=b3PaQAHIVstgxe6wL0T%2BSfSsqkgcz8azgQ2R%2Fa%2Fv2qA%3D&reserved=0>and 
impose illegitimate constitutional reforms followed by phony elections 
as a strategy to keep Moise in power. Jovenel Moise’s rule has been 
marred by repeated acts of blatant corruption and terror, according to 
numerous reports by investigative agencies. Atrocities by the regime 
have been carried out by the US/UN-trained Haitian police and affiliated 
gangs or death squads with the full backing of high government 
officials. Community residents protesting the lack of basic services 
have seen their homes burned to the ground with family and friends 
massacred, as happened in the Port-au-Prince neighborhoods ofLasalin 
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhaitisolidarity.net%2Fin-the-news%2Fhuman-rights-report-on-the-lasalin-massacre%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C6f68436bdf174ee6f93308d8cd1209f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637484824640547240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2Fr%2F0n6Z47vc34YDslAFEszv2SKRL351F93i9C14HN0k%3D&reserved=0>, 
Tokyo, Site Vensan, Bele among others.

Under the Moise regime, impunity is the order of the day. Well-known 
perpetrators with arrest warrants such as Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, 
wanted in connection with the horrific massacre at Lasalin in 2018, go 
about freely and even receive police protection. On October 5th, 2020, 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres blatantly credited the G9 death 
squad headed by Cherizier with reducing homicides while the G9 was 
involved in murdering residents of Bele and burning their homes.

*Enough is enough.*
*We must demand that the new Biden Administration end US support for 
dictatorship and terror in Haiti.
Please join us in sending this message loud and clear.*

Suggested Links:
Special Report: Massacres in Haiti 
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