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HLLN NOTE: While Father Jean Juste and over 1,000 political
prisoners waste in indefinite extra-judicial detention in Haiti, which
system of corruption and lawlessness is being maintained by the UN over
the objections of the Haitian people and masses, the US Embassy, now
headed by Haiti Democracy Project's, Timothy M Carney is busy issuing
statements about how said interim ambassador and US officials in general
have "no say in the internal affairs of Haiti or any<br>
other sovereign country." Of course, the hypocrisy, forked tongue
and unbelievable untruths of this statement escapes no one. For without
US support, Latortue would not be in office in Haiti and neither would
Jean Juste or 1,000 Lavalas sympathizers and supporters be currently in
prison and dying there.<br>
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Reuters via Yahoo - Jan 28, 2006<br>
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060128/wl_nm/haiti_priest_dc" eudora="autourl">
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060128/wl_nm/haiti_priest_dc<br><br>
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</a>Jailed Haiti priest hospitalized with pneumonia<br><br>
<br>
By Joseph Guyler Delva<br><br>
<br>
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - A popular ex-adviser to ousted<br>
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide whose imprisonment has
drawn<br>
international criticism was hospitalized on Saturday with pneumonia,<br>
an official said.<br><br>
<br>
Roman Catholic priest Gerard Jean-Juste, previously diagnosed with<br>
leukemia, was suffering from a fever and a cough, said Marc Wilkens<br>
Jean, commissioner of prisons in the unstable Caribbean country.<br><br>
"Our doctor said his condition was very serious and recommended
that<br>
we take him to a hospital to place him under medical
supervision,"<br>
Jean told Reuters after Jean-Juste was taken to a private medical<br>
center in Port-au-Prince.<br><br>
<br>
Jean-Juste, imprisoned in July, clutched a picture of the Virgin
Mary<br>
holding a baby Jesus as he was pushed into the hospital in a<br>
wheelchair.<br><br>
<br>
"My heart is beating too fast," he told Reuters, adding that he
had<br>
been having trouble breathing. Swelling caused by the leukemia was<br>
visible on his neck and under one arm.<br><br>
<br>
The fiery priest was originally accused of involvement in the murder<br>
of a journalist. Those charges were dropped, but now he is accused
of<br>
having illegal weapons and being involved in illegal gang
activity.<br><br>
Jean-Juste denies the charges and Amnesty International has called
him<br>
a prisoner of conscience, punished for criticizing the interim<br>
authorities that took over after Aristide was removed in February<br>
2004. Members of the U.S. Congress also have called for his
release.<br><br>
<br><br>
Haiti's interim authorities said they would consider allowing<br>
Jean-Juste to travel abroad for treatment -- the first time the<br>
government has opened up that possibility.<br><br>
<br>
"We have no objection that he travel if ultimately this is what
needs<br>
to be done for him to get treatment," said Michel Brunache, chief
of<br>
staff for interim President Boniface Alexandre.<br><br>
<br>
Jean-Juste and his supporters have called on the government to free<br>
him and allow him to seek treatment for his leukemia in the United<br>
States, where he lived for many years.<br><br>
<br>
"This is a humanitarian matter. It's a big crime that the
government<br>
wants to keep me here. They probably want me to die," Jean-Juste
said.<br><br>
<br>
Widely viewed as the natural successor to Aristide, Jean-Juste said<br>
the government had always wanted to put him behind bars because they<br>
believed he wanted to become president. He denies any presidential<br>
ambitions.<br><br>
<br>
The first presidential election since Aristide was driven from
office<br>
has been postponed repeatedly because of violence, disorganization
and<br>
logistical problems. The vote is now set for February 7.<br><br>
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<br>
HLLN ACTION REQUESTED<br><br>
- DEMAND RELEASE OF FATHER JEAN JUSTE diagnosed today by a Harvard
Medical<br>
doctor with pneumonia and worsening leukemia condition.<br>
- DEMAND RELEASE OF ALL THE POLITICAL PRISONERS IN HAITI<br><br>
<br>
URGENT, URGENT, URGENT:<br><br>
Given the length of time Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, Father Jean Juste,
So<br>
Ann, Jacques Mathelier have spent in jail for no good cause that
justice<br>
deferred is justice denied.<br><br>
It is equally obvious that concerned Haitians MUST do something beyond
appeal<br>
to the US Congress and State Department so that Latortue will OPEN the
prison<br>
doors to free the Fanmi Lavalas leadership as well as the more than
1000<br>
Lavalas sympathizers he has jailed without charge or trial for close to
2<br>
years now. We stress that the keys to Latortue's jails as well as
Haiti's<br>
liberation rest squarely in the able hands of the Haitian
people.<br><br>
HLLN therefore appeals again, directly to the HAITIANS in Haiti,
actually<br>
given those prison keys to hold, to stop following orders or “doing
their<br>
jobs” and, instead, do the moral and ethical thing: Take positive action
and<br>
open the prison gates. Stop the death of Jean Juste and all the
political<br>
prisoners in Haiti. Please. All the political prisoners NEED to be
released<br>
immediately. It’s time for the law to be brought into
application.<br><br>
Jean Juste’s life is in serious, serious and immediate danger.<br><br>
<br>
HLLN ACTION REQUESTED FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL NETWORK AND
HAITIANS:<br><br>
We are asking for our Network, especially Haitians and those who
speak<br>
Kreyol, to immediately call the newspapers, television stations and
radio<br>
stations IN HAITI. (See list below)<br><br>
We must let the PEOPLE OF HAITI know father Jean Juste will not live
long.<br>
His condition has substantially worsened. This morning he was diagnosed
with<br>
pneumonia.<br><br>
Dr. Jennifer Furin, from the Harvard Medical School, who examined
Fr.<br>
Jean-Juste TODAY, wrote "marked deterioration of his condition since
I last<br>
saw him two weeks ago." "his health has steadily deteriorated.
Over the last<br>
four days he has had a fever and cough, and was diagnosed with
pneumonia.<br><br>
His blood cell count has dropped markedly due to the leukemia, and he
appears<br>
extremely pale, fatigued, and with visible skin bruises due to his
rapidly<br>
advancing disease" "Father Jean-Juste requires immediate
hospital-level care<br>
for this deteriorating condition. Further, given his precipitously low
blood<br>
cell counts, significantly worse than two weeks ago..."<br><br>
Ayisyen, nou pa kapab ap ret chita tann "GWO MOUN" lan etazini
pou ede nou.<br>
Fok Ayisyen leve kampe pou sove lavi pè Jean Juste jodi a
menm!!!<br><br>
Kriminèl ki lage kidnapè Stanley Handal ak asasin Louis Jodel Chamblain
yo pa<br>
p pè touye pè Jean Juste.<br><br>
We must defend our own, ourselves. We are our own liberators. We
urge<br>
Haitians to call the Haitian radio stations in Haiti. Let them know
that<br>
Father Jean Juste will die without immediate medical treatment. Explain
to<br>
them that the Harvard doctor who examined him today said "it is
imperative<br>
that he also receives immediate treatment for his leukemia. Without
this<br>
treatment he will die in prison."<br><br>
At this critical juncture, with Father Jean-Juste's imminent death
staring us<br>
in the face, we ask the Haitian people to flood the media in Haiti and in
the<br>
Diaspora. Take to the streets la sosyete. Agitate, agitate, agitate and
the<br>
gates will open and our liberation will come.<br><br>
Pè Jean Juste deserves our help more, our actions MORE. Ayisyen, stand up
for<br>
him, please.<br><br>
*<br>
Call, call, call and email the Haitian Radio and TV Stations IN
HAITI:<br><br>
Radio Solidarite (011 509) 245 5055, 245 5055, 245 5836)<br>
E-mail: venelremarais@yahoo.fr<br><br>
Radio Ginen, 246 2867<br>
Email: radyoginen@radyoginen.com and feedback@radyoginen.com<br><br>
Melodie FM 221 8568 or 221- 8596<br>
Email: melodiefm@hotmail.com<br><br>
Radio Tropic FM (011 509) 244 0571<br>
Email:<br><br>
<br>
Radio National D’ Haiti - 223 - 5712, 0r 223-6264<br>
email: (info@radiohaiti.com)<br><br>
Radio Galaxie, 223-9942 or 223-9943<br>
Email: laradiogalaxie@yahoo.fr<br><br>
Radio Vision 2000 - 245-4914<br>
Email: administration@radiovision2000.com , and
info@radiovision2000.com<br><br>
Radio Kiskeya 244-6605 or 244- 6607<br>
Email: admin@radiokiskeya.com<br><br>
Radio Metropole, 2462626 or 246-5335<br>
E-mail: administratio@radiometropolehaiti.com<br><br>
Radio Caraibe FM 223-0644 or 223-6827<br>
Email: radiocaraibesfm@yahoo.fr<br><br>
Radio Megastar -<br>
Email:<br><br>
<br>
Radio Antilles - 408 - 9415, 550 - 7313<br>
Email:<br><br>
Radio Balade FM 011-509-268-6607<br>
Email: baladefm@yahoo.com<br>
<a href="http://www.radiobalade.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.radiobalade.com<br><br>
</a>******************<br><br>
Ask the ones you reach for the numbers for the other stations in
Haiti.<br><br>
Call Haitian TV stations:<br>
Telemax,<br>
Channel 11,<br>
Tele Ginen<br>
Television National D'Haiti.....<br><br>
Association des Journalistes Haitiens (AJH) / Reuters<br>
Guyler C. Delva | 558 - 9048 | guylerdelva@yahoo.fr<br><br>
Please folks, if you can think of something else HLLN may do now to
pressure<br>
for the IMMEDIATE release of father Jean Juste, let us know. If you have
the<br>
numbers, names and/or emails for the other Haitian radio and TV stations
in<br>
Haiti, please e-mail them to erzilidanto@yahoo.com immediately for
sharing<br>
with the Network. Also, if any of the above numbers are wrong, and you
know<br>
the updated numbers, let us know that also. Mesi anpil.<br><br>
Contact information for US local and national media is:<br>
<a href="http://capwiz.com/wa/dbq/media" eudora="autourl">
http://capwiz.com/wa/dbq/media<br><br>
<br>
</a>Marguerite (Ezili Danto) Laurent, Esq.<br>
Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network<br>
January 26, 2006<br><br>
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