21295: erzilidanto: Tell the T.R.U.T.H. about Haiti - Wed - Apr 14 - 7PM (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Erzilidanto@aol.com

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From: Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
A network of people dedicated to protecting the civil and cultural rights of
Haitians living at home and abroad
Date: April 12, 2004
Action: Please Circulate
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The Haiti Action Committee  presents

"Tell the T.R.U.T.H.about Haïti!"

speakers: Congresswoman  Barbara Lee and Kevin Pina

with Pierre Labossiere and Dennis  Bernstein

Wednesday
April 14    7-9:30 PM
1st  Congregational Church, Oakland
Harrison & 27th St.

Congresswoman  Barbara Lee calls for an indepedent
investigation (H.R. 3919)of the Bush
Administration's participation in the Coup d'Ètat
of President  Aristide

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congressional
Black Caucus  Haiti Task Force Co-Chair,  last
month introduced the T.R.U.T.H. (The
Responsibility to Uncover the Truth about Haiti)
Act which calls for an  independent bipartisan
commission to uncover the facts about the Bush
Administration's involvement in the recent coup
d'Ètat in Hait. The  bill was co-sponsored by
John Conyers and 23 other members od the  CBC.

Kevin Pina, the KPFA Flashpoints Radio
correspondent in Haiti  will provide an update on
the current human rights situation and reality on
the ground in Haiti. The leadership and
supporters of Fanmi Lavalas are  facing intense
political persecution and repression by the
US-installed  government that replaced President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide.  Pina and  the Haiti
Information Project (HIP) have been closely
monitoring and  documenting these developments.

The T.R.U.T.H.  Act calls for the  commission to investigate the following:

* Did the U.S. Government impede  democracy and
contribute to the overthrow of the Aristide
government?

* Under what circumstances did President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide resign, and what was the
role of the United  States Government in bringing
about his departure?

* To what extent  did the U.S. impede efforts by
the international community, particularly the
Caribbean Community (CARICM) countries, to
prevent the overthrow of the
democratically-elected Government of Haiti?

* What was the role of  the United States in
influencing decisions regarding Haiti at the
United  Nations Security Council and in
discussions between Haiti and other  countries
that were willing to assist in the preservation
of the  democratically-elected Government of Haiti
by sending security forces to  Haiti?

* Was U.S. assistance provided or were U.S.
personnel involved  in supporting, directly or
indirectly, the forces opposed to the government
of President Aristide?

* Was U.S. bilateral assistance channeled  through
nongovernmental organizations that were directly
or indirectly  associated with political groups
actively involved in fomenting hostilities  or
violence toward the government of President
Aristide?



DONATION requested to support the work of HAC and
the Haiti Information Project in Port au Prince,
Haiti


Haiti  Action Committee http://www.haitiaction.net

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