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Fighting for Justice in Haiti

The National Conference of Black Lawyers & The National Lawyers Guild Present

Fighting for Justice in Haiti
Thursday, May 7, 2009 

6:30pm - 8:30pm

New York University School of Law, Furman Hall, Room 212

245 Sullivan Street, between West 4th and West 3rd Streets

Mario Joseph, Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer, and Brian Concannon, a U.S. lawyer who spent nine years in Haiti, will discuss the fight for justice for poor Haitians. This fight is waged in Haiti, one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world, but also abroad, where powerful countries like the U.S. have undermined justice and democracy in Haiti by imposing economic policies and deposing uncooperative Haitian governments.

The speakers will also discuss the fight for temporary protected status for the 30,000 Haitians currently subject to deportation from the U.S.

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Light refreshments following the presentations. This event is free and open to the public. A photo ID is required to enter the building.

Jistis in Haiti

Haiti Liberte Presents

Jistis in Haiti

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 7pm

1583 Albany Ave., Brooklyn, NY

Mario Joseph, Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer, is Managing Attorney of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, which represents political prisoners and victims of political persecution in Haiti. Brian Concannon spent 8 years in Haiti and now directs the US-based Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.  Mario and Brian have collaborated on several groundbreaking cases in Haitian, U.S. and international courts that have convicted human rights abusers, freed political prisoners and forced the Haitian justice system to function for the majority of Haitians who are poor.

Mario and Brian will speak about their work establishing the rule of law in Haiti as a bulwark against the natural, political, and economic disasters that regularly beset the country. They will also discuss what people in the U.S. can do to support this vital work. 

For more information, contact Haiti Liberte at 718..., or editor@haitiliberte.com

Mario Joseph Acceptance Speech

On March 17, 2009, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) in San Francisco awarded the 2009 Judith Lee Stronach Human Rights Award to CJA partner Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) a Haitian legal organization based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Remarks of Mario JOSEPH, Managing Attorney of the BAI

I would like to thank the Center for Justice & Accountability for this award, on behalf of all the staff of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux and the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. I would like to accept the award in the name of the victims in Haiti, especially the victims of the Raboto massacre, whose courage and persistence make our work possible.

I would like to thank CJA even more for seven years of collaborating to bring our fight for justice to the United States.

We have a proverb in Haiti, “men anpil, chay pa lou.” It means “many hands make the burden light.” Can you say it with me? “Men anpil, chay pa lou”. Again…

Justice in Haiti- Brian Concannon Talk in Jersey City

HAITI SOLIDARITY NETWORK  OF THE NORTH EAST MEETING

Topic: Justice in Haiti

Constitutional democracy? Human rights? Illegal detention? Political violence? Intimidation of a free Press?

Find out how the system works and how it doesn't, and what the citizens, lawyers and U.S. government can do to make it work better.

Brian Concannon, Jr., Esq., Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti and former Co-Manager of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Haiti, will present a first hand account of the struggles and the successes of pursuing the rule of law in Haiti

Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm at St. Patrick's Church - Parish Hall (lower level), 492 Bramhall Avenue, Jersey City

56 Events in 47 Cities Planned for International Day in Solidarity with Haiti

Updated as of February 28, 2008

Growing list of cities participating in actions on or around Feb. 29, 2008, in solidarity with the Haitian people, on the 4th anniversary of the Feb. 29, 2004 coup d'etat in Haiti.  Updated as of Feb. 28, 2008 - 5 p.m. Pacific time

 

Here is a list of 56 events in 47 cities  on 4 continents - so far -  that have informed us that they are participating  in the Feb. 29th Day of Solidarity with the  Haitian People.

Call to Action - February 29th - 3rd International Day in Solidarity with the People of Haiti!

For More Information see http://www.haitisolidarity.net/article.php?id=217, call 510-847-8657 or email feb29@sonic.net.

Four years after the Feb. 29, 2004 coup d’etat that overthrew the democratically-elected government of President Aristide…4 years after US Special Forces kidnapped the President at gunpoint from his home, late at night, and flew him on a military plane to exile in Africa…and 4 years after US Marines seized control of Haiti’s capital and installed a US-appointed coup regime… 

Haiti is still under foreign military occupation, by a UN force that replaced the Marines in June 2004. It is an occupation marked by rapes and wanton killings of the poor. Haiti faces hunger…unemployment…lack of public services. The situation, imposed by IMF/World Bank policies, has steadily worsened since the coup and occupation.

Haiti’s jails are still filled with political prisoners. The poor majority still face political persecution, while the coup plotters & paramilitary death squads enjoy impunity.

Portland Oregon: Responding to Haiti's Unjust Debt With Jubilee Justice

Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti will speak about debt cancellation for Haiti as part of the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's conference, "An Interreligious Response to the Crisis of Poverty" on Thursday, October 18 at 3PM at the First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson Street, SW, Portland (in the Fireside Room). The conference will precede EMI's 39th annual Collins Lecture, featuring E.J. Dionne, Jr.  For more information, see EMI's website.

IJDH's Brian Concannon on Saturday's The Steve Lendman News and Information Hour

Date: Saturday, August 11
Time:  Noon US central time
How to listen: Go to http://sjlendman.blogspot.com.  On home page top left is program information and right below a spot to click to listen - live and now archived as well for easier listening.

About this week's guest: Brian Concannon is a distinguished human rights lawyer and Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. IJDH's purpose and goals are noble and far-reaching. It "works with grassroots groups in Haiti to develop an effective human rights advocacy program with global outreach."

GrassRoots Music and Arts Festival: A Benefit for Haitian Human Rights, Hillsboro NH, August 18

Please forward to your friends and family!  ALL ARE WELCOME at the First Annual GrassRoots Festival: A Benefit for Haitian Human Rights, featuring Roots of Creation.  Proceeds to benefit Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti-IJDH (Haitijustice.org), an organization on the front lines for social and economic justice in Haiti.

For more info, see below, or, the e-vite.

From Thomas Jefferson to George Bush: 203 Years of Keeping Haiti Down

U.S. Social Forum, Atlanta, Georgia

June 28, 2007,  10:30-12:30

Westin Hotel, Atlanta Ballroom F

Speakers: Dany Glover (not confirmed), Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste (not confirmed), Haitian labor leaders Duclos Benissoit and Lexeuste Cajuste, Nicole Lee of TransAfrica Forum, Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Committee and Brian Concannon of IJDH.