Please take time out to sign the online petition for the safe return of Lovinsky Pierre Antoine.
The day I arrived in Haiti – 13th August was the day after Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine disappeared. His car was found abandoned on the road side and he has not been seen since. Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is a member of the Lavalas Part and the head of Fondayson Tran Septanm (September 30th Foundation), a human right organisation that supports and advocates for victims of the 1991 and 2004 coups against Jean-Bentrand Aristide. 6 months later the whereabouts of Lovinsky are still unknown.
Members of the Lavalas movement and human rights activists believe he has been kidnapped and that the kidnapping is a political act by Haitian elites and their foreign supporters, to silence Lovinsky who was highly vocal about the continued presence of UN forces of occupation in Haiti, human rights abuses and campaigned for the return of President Aristide.
Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is important to people everywhere who care about Haiti and who acknowledge our enormous debt to the Haitian people. Their 1804 revolution overthrew the most powerful empire of the time, the first victory in the struggle to end slavery in the Americas. This strengthened everyone resisting exploitation and injustice. Haiti directly aided South American liberator Simon Bolivar. Yet this enormous contribution to human liberation is hardly credited.
Please spread the word and lets try and get some action from the Brazilain government and UN forces in Haiti
Links:
Haiti Solidarity
Haiti Action
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