[Marxism] Free Yves Engler ! Free Father Jean-Juste !

["Richard Fidler" <rfidler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Correspondence released by Jean Saint-Vil, a Haitian-Québécois
activist and leader in the Haiti solidarity movement in Canada:

Dear Prime Minister Martin,

It's me again. Writing this time not about another priest
arrested, beaten and jailed in Haiti by the puppet regime you
illegally and violently imposed on the People of Haiti. Today I am
writing about the outrageous arrest and detention of a fellow
Canadian activist for peace (with justice), Mr. Yves Engler. His
crime is apparently that, while attending a Montreal electoral
event of yours, he said too loudly and too clearly that your Haiti
policy is criminal.

Mr. Martin, how many jail cells are there in Canada? I sincerely
hope none of us shall be deported to Syria or Guantanamo. Because,
whatever you do, the truth will continue to come out about the
criminal policy that your government has been and is implementing
in Haiti.

Take a look at the recent DFAIT consultation on "failed states"
and you will notice that virtually, every time the name Haiti is
mentioned, Canadians who have researched to subject recognize that
Yves Engler is right. The racist regime change your government
organized in Haiti turned out to be a shame for all Canadians.
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cip-pic/current_discussions/group-en.asp?topic_id=36&bnum=12


The more you try to cover it up, the more you will make people
want to dig into the subject. And, the more they dig, the more
they will find.

For one thing, there will continue to be demands for the release
of the complete (unedited) minutes of the Ottawa Initiative (the
secret Meech Lake meeting of January 31 February 1 2003)

http://dominionpaper.ca/weblog/2004/08/cbcs_the_current_discusses_canadas_coupplotting_in_haiti.html

...when it was decided among several western leaders, at the
invitation of Minister Denis Paradis to 1) Overthrow President
Aristide's government 2) Put Haiti under U.N. tutelage and 3)
reinstate the murderous army of the CIA in Haiti, also known as
FAdH - to protect the interests of the unofficial apartheid system
in Haiti where a klan of foreign companies, diplomats, local
sweatshop magnates (and some modern missionaries re-christened
NGO) rule supreme over the bones of millions of black women and
men sweating over long hours for slave wages.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/FEN411A.html

As you can see in the attached, it is well documented now, how
your team has mischievously avoided all efforts to clean up the
mess it has helped create in Haiti.

Strangely and without any explanation, a meeting of the House
Sub-Committee on Humans Rights scheduled for June 14, 2005 got
cancelled at the very last minute and instead, Minister Pettigrew
and your Special Advisor on Haiti, Mr. Coderre got to rehash the
same denial script they have been using all along about Haiti at a
June 14, 2005 meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee. There
again, both men described all the reports of documented human
rights horrors taking place in post-coup Haiti from Amnesty
International, the Miami School of Law, the Harvard School of Law,
etc. as trash put out by the partisans of Jean-bertrand Aristide -
"Lavalas Propaganda" they say.

Then another meeting called by NDP Foreign Affairs critic Alexa
McDonough, was agreed upon but Mr. Pettigrew dragged his feet and
refused to identify a date for the meeting until when it was clear
that the government was going to fall on November 28 - so he
suggested the 29th of November to hold the meeting on Haiti.

To add to the irony, guess when Mr. Pettigrew decided to reply to
my September appeal on behalf of jailed priest and potential
presidential candidate Gérard Jean-Juste? You've guessed it,
November 28th - after announcement of the fall of your government.

So, I understand why Mr. Yves Engler is jailed. At least the RCMP
in Montreal does not operate wearing ski masks and huge AK47 and
Uzis pointing at 1 year old infants. not yet !

About the fate of Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience,
Father Gérard Jean-Juste, Mr. Pettigrew wrote to me: "Canada
believes that legal proceedings should be initiated if there is
sufficient evidence for charges to be laid with respect to the
alleged involvement of Father Jean-Juste in the death of Mr.
Jacques Roches.  If sufficient evidence does not exist,
international standards and Haiti's own legal system require that
he be released promptly".

Reading such an outrageous and cynical statement from Mr.
Pettigrew who knows quite well that father Jean-Juste is kept in
prison by his stooges in Haiti strictly for political reasons, one
can easily imagine him busy consulting his friends in Haiti to
decide what charges could rapidly be laid against our own
colleague Yves Engler.

After all, the puppets also have a responsibility to protect their
masters' bottom line.

We will not disappear. Truth and justice shall prevail !

FREE ENGLER ! FREE HAITI ! FREE CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY FROM
"White man burden" RACIST IDEOLOGY BEING RECYCLED IN 2005!

Jean Saint-Vil Gatineau, Québec http://www.canadahaitiaction.ca
http://www.outofhaiti.ca

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>From : min.dfaitmaeci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: November 28, 2005
5:58:29 PM

Dear Jean Saint-Vil:

Thank you for your e-mail of September 9, 2005, concerning the
arrests of Messrs. Kevin Pina and Jean Ristil, and Father Gérard
Jean-Juste in Haiti.

I am pleased to inform you that American journalist Kevin Pina and
Haitian journalist Jean Ristil were released on September
12, 2005.  With regard to the continued detention of Father
Jean-Juste, Canada believes that legal proceedings should be
initiated if there is sufficient evidence for charges to be laid
with respect to the alleged involvement of Father Jean-Juste in
the death of Mr. Jacques Roches.  If sufficient evidence does not
exist, international standards and Haiti's own legal system
require that he be released promptly.

The Government of Canada remains concerned about the security,
human rights, and democratic development situation in Haiti.
Canada is playing a leadership role in the international efforts
to restore security and stability in Haiti through our
participation in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
(MINUSTAH), to which Canada has made a major civilian police
contribution.  The re-establishment of viable, effective Haitian
institutions in the security sector-including the police,
correctional and judicial systems-is critical to ensuring respect
for human rights and the rule of law, and sustained stability.  On
June 22, 2005, the United Nations Security Council adopted
Resolution 1608 renewing the mandate of MINUSTAH until February
2006.  Security is still a very serious problem in Haiti and
MINUSTAH is part of the solution.  Should you wish to learn more
about MINUSTAH's operation in Haiti, I invite you to visit their
Web site at www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minustah.

The Canadian government is also assisting in longer-term reform
and reconstruction efforts and has more than quadrupled its
long-term development assistance engagement.  Canada continues to
emphasize that a comprehensive plan to address the issues of
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of all armed groups
is critical to re-establishing longer-term security in Haiti and
to facilitating national reconciliation efforts and sustainable
development.  For further information on Canada's contribution in
Haiti, I invite you to visit the Web site of Foreign Affairs
Canada at
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cip-pic/library/reconstructinghaiti-en.asp.

In March 2004, the Transitional Government of Haiti and the
international community, including Canada, agreed to launch a new
partnership, known as the Interim Cooperation Framework
(ICF), to respond to Haiti's urgent social, economic, and
institutional needs.  Canada is contributing more than $180
million over two years to support Haiti reconstruction and
development efforts.  Canada's ongoing support to Haiti through
the ICF will build on existing areas of the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) expertise, including health, education,
local development, economic governance, and institutional
development.  It will also contribute to building an environment
conducive to fair and credible elections. Additional information
is available on CIDA's Web site at www.acdi-cida.gc.ca.

The Government of Canada organized a conference with the Haitian
Diaspora in Montréal, on December 10 and 11, 2004, to acknowledge
the importance of the Diaspora's role in Haiti, to obtain its
support for Canada's efforts to revitalize the democratic process
in Haiti in 2005, and to explore various means of tangibly
contributing to the reconstruction project in Haiti.  The ideas
and needs expressed during this conference helped Canada determine
which mechanisms will best support initiatives by the Diaspora in
conjunction with the implementation of the ICF.

On March 16 and 17, 2005, I travelled to Haiti accompanied by my
colleague, the Honourable Denis Coderre, Special Adviser for
Haiti, and six members of the Haitian Diaspora in Canada. During
meetings with interim government officials, members of political
parties and the Provisional Electoral Council, I reiterated
Canada's support for the initiation of the national dialogue and
for the re-initiation of the democratic process in preparation for
elections in the fall of 2005.  This trip also allowed us to
prepare for our participation in the March 18,
2005 Ministerial Conference on Haiti held by France in Cayenne,
French Guiana.  The Cayenne Conference, in addition to being an
occasion to reiterate Canada's engagement in Haiti, offered an
opportunity to explore and identify 380 projects for
implementation in 2005 for the benefit of the Haitian population.

As well, the Montréal International Conference on Haiti, which was
held on June 16 and 17, 2005, provided an update on gains and
difficulties one year after the mobilization of the MINUSTAH and
the launching of the ICF.  The Transitional Government of Haiti
presented its priorities in the areas of security, energy, the
start of the next school year, and rapid job creation. Immediate
mobilization of nearly US$30 million will help strengthen Haiti's
government action in these areas.  In addition, to increase
election credibility and to strengthen the climate of trust, a
proposal was made to set up an international mission to oversee
the electoral process in Haiti.   Elections Canada has been
selected to set up this mission.

Thank you again for taking the time to write.

Sincerely,




Pierre S. Pettigrew

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