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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5><b>Rape is a War
Crime:<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Haitian Women Targets of
US/UN Occupation!<br><br>
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Speakers: Athena Kolbe and Royce Hutson<br><br>
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researchers highlight Haiti sexual assaults during US-backed
occupation<br><br>
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<b>Wednesday, January 10 7PM<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=1>San Francisco Women’s
Building<br><br>
3543 – 18<sup>th</sup> St, San Francisco <br><br>
Wheelchair accessible $5-7 no one turned away for lack of
funds<br><br>
Sponsor: Haiti Action Committee<br><br>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><b>Thursday, January
11 7PM<br><br>
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Church<br><br>
110 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur <br><br>
Wheelchair accessible $5-10 no one turned away for lack of funds<br><br>
Sponsor: Marin Interfaith Task Force<br><br>
(415) 924-3227<br><br>
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Researchers Athena Kolbe and Royce Hutson will speak about sexual assault
and violence against Haitian women and girls by forces such as police and
paramilitary troops following the 2004 US-led coup d’etat that removed
the President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Haiti’s democratically-elected
government. <br><br>
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Their study, published in the prestigious <i>Lancet</i> British medical
journal in September 2006, found that 8,000 people were murdered and
35,000 women and girls were sexually assaulted in Port-au-Prince during
the 22-month period following the coup. The study implicates UN soldiers
in threats of violence and sexual assault on the population.<br><br>
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Rape of women during war is a global issue, recognized - as a result of
mass rapes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda - as a form of torture. Learn more
about the pattern of gender-based violence in Haiti fueled by the
US-backed occupation, and what you can do about it. <br><br>
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For more information, contact Haiti Action Committee at (510)
483-7481<br><br>
<a href="http://www.haitisolidarity.net/">www.haitisolidarity.net</a>
<a href="http://www.haitiaction.net/" eudora="autourl">
www.haitiaction.net<br><br>
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