Pro-democracy groups protest Ron Daniels-Haiti Support Project symposium with coup d'etat supporters and orchestrators

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We support the demands of the Haitian people, as articulated on March 14, 2005 by FANMI LAVALAS:

* Cessation of political persecution directed towards its members and supporters;

* Liberation of all political prisoners;

* End of illegal arrests and summary executions (Over 10,000 FANMI LAVALAS supporters killed and more than 1,000 jailed since February 2004);

* Effective disarmament of groups and/or individuals illegally armed;

* Restoration of the constitutional order in Haiti by the physical return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; and

* Organization of free, honest and democratic general elections in Haiti. Since the coup, thousands of Haitians, beginning with women and children have been murdered, raped, put in prison. Many have sacrificed their lives fighting for these demands, which represent the only path towards the restoration of human rights and democracy in Haiti.

We invite you to stand with us in supporting the above demands and in protesting the ‘Future of Democracy and Development in Haiti’ symposium.

* Danny Glover, Actor/Activist
* Randall Robinson, Author/Activist
* Alina Sixto, Ajoupa
* Jean-Yvon Kernizan, Haitian Initiative for Democracy
* Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Fondasyon 30 Septanm
* Fanm Viktim Leve Kanpe (FAVILEK,) Women Victims Organization, Haiti
* Pierre Hector, Konbit pou Sove Ayiti, Haiti
* Paulette Joseph, Cellule de Reflexion Base FANMI LAVALAS 11eme Departement
* Pierre Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee
* Marguerite Laurent, Esq., Haitian Lawyers’ Leadership Network
* Rasanbleman Alye, FANMI LAVALAS, Haiti
* Eugenia Charles, Fondasyon Mapou
* Wilson Mesilien, Fondasyon 30 Septanm
* Haiti Women’s Rights for Children’s Rights, Haiti
* Fritz Pèan, Montrèal
* Lavarice Gaudin, Veye Yo
* Lucie Tondreau, Veye Yo
* Walter Riley, Attorney-at-Law, Chair of Vanguard Public Foundation
* Bill Fletcher, President, TransAfrica
* Brian Concannon, Attorney-at-Law, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
* Margaret Prescod, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike
* Andaiye, Red Thread, Guyana
* David Commissiong, Clement Payne Society, Barbados
* Kali Williams, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
* Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire
* Walter Turner, Host - Africa Today (KPFA) Chair - Global Exchange
* Kim Ives, Haiti Support Network (HSN)
* Kay Coll - ssj/ HSNNE
* Malaika Hodari Kambon, NU Afrikan Liberation, Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
* Willie & Mary Ratcliff, San Francisco Bay View newspaper
* Dominique Esser - photographer
* Claude Marks, The Freedom Archives
* Chantal Laurent, Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
* Julie Hoover
* Marc Pilisuk
* Wendy Ebersberger

(See: For updates on additional signers, go to: http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HAC/3_16_5.html)