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</font><font face="arial" size=3><b>From:</b>
</font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#0000EE">bill
quigley</font><font face="arial" size=3> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:57 PM</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=3><b>Subject: </b>Jean-Juste in Isolation and New
Charges</font> <br><br>
"My body is in prison, but my soul is free." <br>
Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste from prison <br><br>
Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste is being held in isolation
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in the Haitian National Penitentiary. I tried twice <br>
to visit but was not allowed. Likewise his Bishop <br>
tried to visit him but was not allowed. <br>
I was able to deliver his prayer book and some <br>
clothes and send a note in to him. He sent a note <br>
back that included the following: <br>
"Avoka Bill, Thanks a lot to everyone for <br>
everything. I am in isolation section room I-05. I <br>
am really isolated but not from God. In spirit I <br>
remain together with you all. Keep the food program <br>
running. Justice shall prevail. God's blessings, <br>
GJJ." <br>
The newest reported charges against Fr. Gerry are
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"public denunciation" and "inciting to
violence." The <br>
second charge is the same one that the unelected <br>
government has had pending against the former prime <br>
minister of Haiti, Yvon Neptune, who has been in <br>
prison for over a year with no trial in sight. These <br>
charges are as groundless as the prior ones - but are <br>
still not in writing and will probably change again. <br>
Attorney Mario Joseph will try to visit him face <br>
to face this week. <br>
Mario and other haitian lawyers say there is no <br>
basis at all in law for the charges against Fr. <br>
jean-Juste. All think the government will hold him in <br>
jail at least until after the scheduled elections in <br>
the fall unless international pressure forces them to <br>
act otherwise. <br>
Fr. Jean-Juste has been described by insiders as <br>
"the most dangerous man in Haiti" because of his <br>
uncompromising advoacy for the poor, for human rights, <br>
for the release of all political prisoners and for the <br>
return of the elected president of Haiti, <br>
Jean-Bertrand Aristide. <br>
People here also thinks the "hand of the US is
<br>
behind this prosecution." <br>
International pressure is needed on the US, the <br>
Haitian Minister of Justice and the UN. <br>
For their addresses and how Fr. Jean-Juste was <br>
attacked at church and arrested see: <br>
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<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0722-08.htm">
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0722-08.htm</a></font>
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Some are calling for protection of Fr.
Jean-Juste <br>
in prison, but that is not the right call. <br>
The call of people devoted to human rights and
<br>
democracy is for the IMMEDIATE RELEASE of Fr. <br>
Jean-Juste. <br>
Sorry about the delays in getting this information
<br>
out - but computer access is difficult and electricity <br>
is not always on. <br>
Peace. <br>
Bill Quigley <br><br>
[Attorney for Fr Jean-Juste, writing Sunday from Port-au-Prince] <br>
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