------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the July 15, 2004 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
BOSTON PROTEST HITS REPRESSION IN HAITI
An emergency picket was held in front of the Haitian Consulate here on July 2 to protest the arrest of former Prime Mini ster Yvon Neptune. Neptune had served under President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He was arrested June 27 by the regime of Gerard Latortue, who was installed after the United States sent troops to Haiti and kidnapped Aristide in February. Many Haitians do not recognize the new regime.
The demonstration, called by the newly formed New England Human Rights Organization for Haiti, included representatives of Aristide's party, Fanmi Lavalas, as well as ANSWER Boston, Steel Workers Local 8751 and Venezuelans from the MLK Bolivarian Circle. They chanted, "No Aristide, no peace," "U.S. CIA out of Haiti," and "Free Yvon Neptune, free So Ann." So Ann is a popular folk singer and a grandparent jailed by the new regime.
The protest called attention to the kidnapping of Aristide and the continued occupation of Haiti by U.S., French and other forces. Thousands of Lavalas supporters have been brutally murdered or forced into exile by U.S.-armed "contras" such as the notorious Guy Philippe. Many of the protesters were interviewed live by a radio station in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.
-- Peter Cook
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