Dominion Weblog: Letter To Government And Corp. Media About Haiti The UN International Covenant on civil and Political rights The rightwing in the United States has always disdained haiti, but at least they are not http://dominionpaper.ca/weblog/2004/02/letter_to_government_and_corp_media_about
Extractions: dominion n. 1. Control or the exercise of control. 2. A territory or sphere of influence; a realm. 3. One of the self-governing nations within the British Commonwealth. February 22, 2004 Though often futile, speaking truth to power can be therapeutic. Here's a copy of a letter I sent out to about 200 corporate lackeys regarding the crisis in Haiti. Some of the main addresses are at the bottom of the letter, for ease of clipping and pasting, if one is so inclined as to send their own letter... February 17, 2004 To the Government of Canada and Canadas corporate-owned media, I am writing to you concerning the escalating crisis that is unfolding in Haiti, where the world is witnessing the attempted violent overthrow of a democratically elected leader, Jean Bertrand Aristide. By tacitly supporting an opposition that has repeatedly refused to negotiate peacefully with President Aristide, the Canadian government is effectively supporting this attempted coup detat. From a rational perspective this is unacceptable for several reasons, explored below. It is also unacceptable that the corporate news agencies are refusing to provide objective coverage of these harmful events, and are thereby also effectively supporting the attempted coup detat. On January 13, 2004, speaking from Monterrey, Mexico at the Special Summit of the Americas, Paul Martin committed to help mediate a solution to the crisis in Haiti, which has since seen at least 60 people brutally murdered, and promises to soon see more in the absence of concrete efforts toward this professed end by Paul Martins government.
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The Humanitarian Times LAST AID AGENCIES LEAVE KOSOVO DIRECT OBSERVATION REDUCED intl aid agencies of human rights in Burma is worsening and the repression of civil and http://www.univ-lille1.fr/pfeda/Infos/1999/0402ht.htm
Extractions: The Humanitarian Times April 2, 1999 LAST AID AGENCIES LEAVE KOSOVO - DIRECT OBSERVATION REDUCED: - INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN KOSOVO ESTIMATES: 200,000 to 500,000. Kosovo’s capital Pristina is referred to now as a ghost town. Aid agencies have no access inside Kosovo, to provide protection or food aid. The Intl. Crisis Group reports "Some 20,000-30,000 Kosovars are trapped in the Drenica area, moving from one place to another to avoid reprisals by Yugoslav/Serbian security forces & irregulars. Another 30,000 Kosovars are said to be on the run in the Pec region in W. Kosovo, making their way north. Serbian & Yugoslav security forces reportedly separated men from women & children - there is a real risk these men are no longer alive." Albania’s President Rexhep Meidani, asked for NATO ground troops enter Kosovo to stop the killing. - SHELTER WILL BE THE PRIME NEED OF PROJECTED 500,000 REFUGEES - MILITARY REGIME IN BURMA DENIES OPPORTUNITY FOR FINAL FAREWELL : Oxford Prof. Michael Aris, husband to Burma’s democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died of cancer on Saturday having been repeatedly denied a visa into Burma by its military rulers. He had not seen his wife, who has been intermittently under house arrest in Burma, since 1996. Last week UN Special Rapporteur Rajsoomer Lallah delivered his report on Burma to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, concluding that the situation of human rights in Burma "is worsening and the repression of civil and political rights continues unabated."
Participants Lennox Hinds, UN representative and Vice President of the intl. Assoc. of Michael is a wellknown civil rights attorney who has filed numerous http://www.peoplejudgebush.org/participants.shtml
Extractions: Nellie Bailey, former member of SNCC, and founder of Harlem Tenants Council, an anti-displacement tenants rights organization. Brian Barraza, a union organizer, and an activist with Association of Mexican American Workers (AMAT). Hana Al-Bayaty, an Iraqi-French documentary film maker. She worked on coordinating the Brussels Tribunal. Her film On Democracy in Iraq was screened as part of the Tribunal's cultural program. Prof. Dennis Brutus, a South African poet and leading anti-apartheid activist. He is Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Africana Studies at the Univ. of Pittsburgh. Romeo Capulong, International Human Rights Lawyer from the Philippines and Chief Prosecutor in the International Criminal Tribunal for Iraq which held its first trial in Kyoto in July. John Catalinotto, an organizer of the 1992 War Crimes Tribunal on Iraq, the 1999-2000 War Crimes Tribunal on Yugoslavia and co-editor of IAC books Metal of Dishonor and Hidden Agenda: the U.S.-NATO Takeover of Yugoslavia. Maritza and Norma Castillo
Project MUSE for grave and systematic violation of virtually all political and civil rights, For with the ascension of Pinochet, generals (or, as in haiti, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/v019/19.3farer.html
Extractions: Excerpt I. Introduction: The Birth of a Big Surprise If human rights regimes confirmed the dictum of the Modernist Movement in architecture"Form follows Function"then, anatomically speaking, the Inter-American one should resemble the European about as much as the unicorn resembles the ox. By associating the European regime with an ox, I intend not to insult but rather to celebrate its solid bourgeois virtues: the stolid, efficient application of energy and the consequently consistent production of effective decisions, all within the context of an orderly, stable, and prosperous community. The post-war West European setting did not invite, nor did it require, unpredictable improvisation or heroic challenges to the expectations and desires of governing elites. Latin America, by comparison, has been a feral jungle for most of the Inter-American regime's remarkable life. And although today most of the beasts have withdrawn to their lairs (when they are not off exercising their human right to visit Miami and shop at Gucci) passersby still see eyes gleaming angrily in the shadows and hear the tense scrape of claws across stony floors.
International Security - US Department Of State 12 August 2005 haiti s Security Situation Improving, Says United Nations 30 July 2005 - US Completing Report for Covenant on civil, Political rights http://usinfo.state.gov/is/
Extractions: Advanced Search/Archive Updated: 21 Sep 2005 WASHINGTON FILE News ISSUES IN FOCUS Response to Terrorism Arms Control and Non-Proliferation The United Nations at 60 KEY DOCUMENTS The National Security Strategy PRODUCTS eJournals Publications RESOURCES Links National Security Biographies You Are In: USINFO Topics United Nations Urging the United Nations General Assembly to "reform this great institution to meet the challenges of a new era," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outlined priorities for the world organization including fighting terrorism, helping fledgling democracies, and stopping nuclear proliferation. In her first participation in the General Assembly as secretary of state September 17, Rice said, "the time to reform the United Nations is now. And we must seize this opportunity together." (complete text)
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Extractions: OneWorld en català Haiti Support Group buscar OneWorld.net OneWorld Amèrica Llatina OneWorld Àfrica OneWorld Àsia Meridional OneWorld Àustria OneWorld Espanya OneWorld Finlàndia OneWorld Holanda OneWorld Itàlia OneWorld Sud-est d'Europa OneWorld Canadà OneWorld Estats Units OneWorld UK Digital Opportunity Channel LearningChannel Kids Channel OneWorld TV OneWorld Radio PORTADA QUI SOM? ZONA ONG EDICIONS ... VERSIÓ EN CASTELLÀ 22 Setembre 2005 Actualitat Informacions destacades Haitians murdered in the Dominican Republic The British solidarity organisation, the Haiti Support Group (HSG), is extremely concerned about the violent attacks on Haitians and Haitian-Dominican in the Dominican Republic. Amidst a recent rise in xenophobic hostility against Haitians, scores of people have been attacked, and according to recent reports, more than 13 people have been killed in just the last few weeks.
Public Policy [UC Hastings College Of The Law] of leaders on the importance of law in creating a stable civil society. The Hastingsto-haiti Project now involves Hastings students and faculty who http://www.uchastings.edu/?pid=2285
USAID/Haiti: Strategic Plan Strategic Plan, which is devoted to describing USAID strategy in haiti to the public. Approximately 150 civil society organizations with over 3800 http://www.usaid.gov/ht/strategicplan.htm
Extractions: Contact Us Strategic Plan US Government Representative and Haiti Minister of Plan signing a grant of $20 Million Reconstruction of a school destroyed by tropical storm Jeanne Ambassador R. Tobias giving ARV treatment to a patient Rara band winner of "Play for Peace" competition Children of disaster area in a summer camp voters registration Support to Haitian Government High value pumpkins selected for export market U.S. ASSISTANCE TO HAITI - FY 2005 Economic Infrastructure: Providing short and longer-term job creation and economic growth opportunities through the building up of rural infrastructure and agriculture; short-term urban job programs; increased micro-finance and micro-credit lending; support for essential services (electricity and sanitation); and stimulating Haiti 's unique artistic and crafts sector. Ministerial Assistance: Aiding government ministries and agencies by making available technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance to assist with creating an anti-corruption unit; rehabilitation of the Ministry of Justice and Port-au-Prince port facilities; training for staff, and providing of commodities and office equipment for several ministries and agencies. Education: Expanding programs to support rehabilitating schools, provide back to school assistance to students, and assist the Haitian school system in preparations for the 2005/2006 school year.
IRC | RightWeb | Group Watch: Freedom House The group s definition of civil liberties includes freedom of expression and Gale W. McGee He is a trustee of Meridian House intl, an intl exchange http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/freehous.php
Extractions: IRC home Right Web home site map search ... support IRC Freedom House GroupWatch: Profiles of U.S. Private Organizations and Churches, was compiled by the Interhemispheric Resource Center , Box 2178, Silver City, NM 88062. Check when each article was last updated as much material is no longer current. This material is provided as a source for historic research. Jump directly to these subsections: Freedom House Acronym/Code: FREEHOUS Updated: 3/90 Categories: Political Background: Freedom House was founded in 1941 and now claims 4000 members. It was organized "to strengthen free institutions at home and abroad." Freedom House also serves as a clearinghouse and research and document center on issues concerning civil liberties and political rights. (2) Its publications discuss the state of "freedom" in countries across the world, but the bulk of its studies and projects seem to concern political environments in Marxist regimes. In 1987, for example, 10 of the 16 conferences organized by Freedom House focused on the Eastern bloc and the Soviet Union. Two more targeted Nicaragua. (16) Freedom House conducts a variety of projects, primarily aimed at measuring or promoting political rights and civil liberties in countries around the world. (38,19) The definition of political rights used for the group's annual worldwide Comparative Survey of Freedom revolves arounds an individual's rights to "participate meaningfully in the political process." It is primarily an electoral definition of political rights and includes such criteria as the holding of regular elections, the presence and number of opposition parties, size of the opposition vote, regular and/or recent transfers of power, fairness and openness of the campaign environment, and so on. Other political issues which are considered include the amount of military influence on government and the degree of foreign involvement, each of whichaccording to Raymond Gastilare measured conservatively. (38)
ANSWER Press Release Mara VerheydenHilliard, attorney and co-founder, Partnership for civil Justice Ben Dupuy, Co-Director, haiti Progres; Secretary General, http://www.actionsf.org/anspr020602.htm
Extractions: PRESS RELEASE on June 1 Emergency National Anti-War Conference June 2, 2002 600 ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS ATTEND JUNE 1 EMERGENCY NATIONAL ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY Over 600 activists with International A.N.S.W.E.R. met yesterday in New York City and announced plans for a mass June 29 demonstration at the FBI's Washington D.C. headquarters to protest John Ashcroft's domestic espionage program that targets political organizations, mosques and community groups. A special section on the conference's Opening Plenary entitled "Emergency action plan to fight back against the FBI and Ashcroft" featured Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo, attorneys and co-founders of the Partnership for Civil Justice. "Today we have launched a national fightback movement to stop John Ashcroft and the FBI from bringing back the very worst features from J. Edgar Hoover's reign over domestic intelligence," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, also a member of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition steering committee. "Ashcroft's changes have been presented as an innocuous update of FBI procedures," said Verheyden-Hilliard. "This has become the preferred method of presentation by Ashcroft as the Justice Department shreds the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights.
Women Studies The event a march to Stantons home was sponsored by Womens rights More about Ann Fagan Gingers work can be found at the Meiklejohn civil http://www.cas.usf.edu/womens_studies/wings.html
Extractions: Time: 28:40 A World Beyond Capitalism was a conference held in Portland, Oregon, August 26-28, 2005. Its purpose included building alliances for peace that bridge differences of language, race, class, gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation. Miae Kim produced this program with voices of some of the women there. We hear Nicole M.C. , conference volunteer; Desiree Ford , from Food Not Bombs; Georgia Pinkel Heide Gottner-Abendroth , a scholar of matriarchy from the International Akademie Hagia in Germany; Genevieve Vaughan , founder of the Center for the Study of the Gift Economy in Texas; keynote speaker Genny Nelson Rena Posner , from New Jersey, a founder of the student-run Tent State University.
Globeandmail.com - Breaking International News Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (right) and civil affairs minister Mohammed haiti releases leader of paramilitary group blamed for thousands of deaths http://www.theglobeandmail.com/international/
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Extractions: Reference Center for Marxist Studies The Reference Center has an extensive collection of English-language pamphlets in a broad array of subject areas of interest to researchers and activists involved in Marxist studies. They cover material from the turn of the century up until today. The collection consists of 32 vertical-file cabinet drawers of subject-classified folders, 42 single-subject file boxes, and over 150 bound volumes of collected pamphlets, assembled by author, subject, publisher, or provenance. We are currently creating a database with bibliographic information on every pamphlet in our subject-classified vertical-files, which constitute the main part of the collection. In order to give our prospective patrons some idea of the coverage of our pamphlet collection we are providing you below with the entire alphabetical list of subject headings for the file cabinets of pamphlets. We believe that the scope and depth suggested by this inventory of categories makes our collection truly noteworthy. Its organization makes it readily accessible. In addition, in bound volumes and file boxes, we have, among many other things, large collections of material on the
Extractions: Home American Citizen Services Visas to the U.S. American Centers Topic Index U.S. Politics Press Releases Ambassador Baker By Region Japan dummytitle Iraq dummytitle Korea dummytitle China dummytitle Afghanistan dummytitle Middle East dummytitle Security Issues Terror dummytitle Arms Control dummytitle Depleted Uranium dummytitle United Nations dummytitle Summits dummytitle Economic Issues Intl. Trade dummytitle Investment dummytitle Anti-corruption dummytitle IP dummytitle Global Affairs Human Rights dummytitle Health dummytitle Women dummytitle Children dummytitle Monthly Archive Consulates Osaka dummytitle Nagoya dummytitle Fukuoka dummytitle Sapporo dummytitle Naha dummytitle American Centers Tokyo dummytitle Kansai dummytitle Nagoya dummytitle Fukuoka dummytitle Sapporo dummytitle Washington Two human rights experts from the United Nations have joined the United States and the Organization of American States in condemning recent violence in Haiti that has left a number of people in that Caribbean country dead or injured. In a January 22 statement, the U.N. officials expressed their strong concern about the human rights situation in Haiti, especially since the occurrence in recent months of violent confrontations between militias supporting and opposing the Haitian government, and of clashes between those opposed to the government and members of the Haitian police.
