Join the International Day in Solidarity with the Haitian People

Join the International Day in Solidarity with the Haitian People on February 3, 2007

DEMO at 1pm
Saturday, February 3
Dorchester Square (Peel corner of Rene-Levesque)
Metro Peel

*** End the Foreign Military Occupation of Haiti!

*** Stop the War against the People of Haiti!

*** Respect Haiti's Sovereignty!

The United Nations forces in Haiti (MINUSTAH) – backed to the hilt by the US, France and Canada – are continuing their bloody assault on the poor majority, targeting especially leaders and supporters of the Lavalas grassroots democracy movement.

On December 22, 2006, some 400 UN troops conducted another day-long raid in Bois Neuf, Cite Soleil – an operation on the scale of the July 6, 2005 UN massacre in the same neighborhood – with many civilian residents dead and wounded. Since the "Christmas massacre," UN forces have repeatedly raided Cite Soleil shooting off their weapons.

In response, Fondasyon Trant Septanm, an 11-year-old organization of victims of the 1991 and 2004 coups d'etat in Haiti, has issued a call for renewed protests in many cities of the world. Haiti will be demonstrating on that day – so should we!

This call is supported by representatives of these grassroots organizations in Haiti:

+ Comite de Defense des Droits du Peuple Haitien (Committee in Defense of the Rights of the Haitian People)
+ Confederation des Travailleurs Haitiens (Confederation of Haitian Workers)
+ Femmes Victimes Debout (Women Victims Stand Up)
+ Collectif des Parents et Amis des Prisonniers Politiques (Collective of Relatives and Friends of
Political Prisoners)
+ Coordination Nationale des Organisations de Droits Humains (National Coordination of Human Rights Organizations).

The February 7th International Day is part of a campaign against the US/UN Occupation by the popular movement in Haiti, leading up to February 15th when the UN Security Council is due to renew its Haiti mandate.

We need to act now in solidarity with our Haitian sisters and brothers, whose unbreakable spirit, in the face of severe repression, just won’t stop.

We are marching in support of the following demands:

+ End the brutal US/UN Occupation – Respect Haiti’s sovereignty
+ Stop the killings, sexual abuse and massacres of the poor by UN troops, police and paramilitaries under police control
+ Free the political prisoners – No more illegal arrests & detentions
+ President Aristide must be free to return to Haiti – Respect the Haitian Constitution
+ Launch an independent inquiry into the February 29, 2004 coup and forced removal of President Aristide
+ Perpetrators of the coup and massacres of the poor must be brought to justice – Reparations for the victims

DEMO at 1pm
Saturday, February 3
Dorchester Square (Peel corner of Rene-Levesque)
Metro Peel

Haiti Action Montreal

For more information: (514) 618-2253