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<div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">Haiti Action Committee Denounces The Attempted Assassination of Fanmi Lavalas Leader, Joel "Pacha" Vorbe</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div><div><img src="https://freedomarchives.org:2096/cpsess1737256200/3rdparty/roundcube/?_task=mail&_action=get&_mbox=INBOX&_uid=500933&_token=fH94jesFBLTOi2lKkPzofRk4pevOcB9t&_part=2&_embed=1&_mimeclass=image" alt="Pacha Vorbe.png" width="543" height="360"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">On March 30th, 2020, at about 3:00 a.m., six heavily armed men
invaded the home of Joel Edouard Vorbe, familiarly known as Pacha, a member of
the Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas. Terrorizing the occupants, they
searched the house looking for Pacha who was not home at the time. They left
Pacha a message, saying that they had two bullets left with which to kill him. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Joel "Pacha" Vorbe is a well-known community leader in
Haiti. A victim of an organized wave of violence in 2002 aimed at destabilizing
President Aristide's government, Pacha was shot as he fought off an attack by
two assailants who had just murdered his father-in-law.<span> </span>The attack left him with
quadriplegia.<span> </span>A highly respected
leader of Fanmi Lavalas, he is also known for his engagement with organizations
that actively work on the problems of people living with disabilities. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">The assassination attempt against Pacha occurs at a moment when
communities and individuals protesting against corruption by the U.S.-supported
government of Jovenel Moise have been the victims of massacres, assassinations,
beatings and arbitrary arrests. The newly appointed prime minister, </span>Joseph
Jouthe, <span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">has indicated that more is
to come, warning recently: "Gold for my friends, lead for my enemies and
clubs/nightsticks for the undecided."<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">All of this is taking place as Haitians are experiencing great
fear and concern over the spreading COVID-19 pandemic.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">We join the popular movement in Haiti in denouncing the ongoing
repression and violations of human rights, and in demanding that the
perpetrators be held accountable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">We invite you to read the following Statements denouncing the attack on Joel "Pacha" Vorbe:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span><b>Press Release from the Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas denouncing this attack against Joel "Pacha" Vorbe</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HaitiActionCommittee/photos/a.10150347762544886/10158183305139886/?type=3&theater" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">CLICK HERE</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span><b>Rep. Maxine Waters Statement on the Attempted Assassination of Joel Edouard 'Pacha' Vorbe in Haiti</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HaitiActionCommittee/posts/10158183609689886?__tn__=K-R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">CLICK HERE</a></span></span></p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div><div>Haiti Action Committee</div><div>PO Box 2040</div><div>Berkeley,CA <span>94702</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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