Jan­u­ary 14, 2009

We have a flash announce­ment for peo­ple who can get to Boston: IJDH Board Mem­ber Paul Farmer of Part­ners in Health, actor Matt Damon, IJDH Direc­tor Brian Con­can­non Jr., and State Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry are par­tic­i­pat­ing in a panel dis­cus­sion mod­er­ated by Amy Good­man of Democ­racy Now! at the John F. Kennedy Pres­i­den­tial Library on Jan­u­ary 27. The panel will focus on improv­ing U.S. Pol­icy towards Haiti under the new lead­er­ship in Wash­ing­ton. Tick­ets are free, but lim­ited, so order them now– click here to reserve a seat.

Ronald Dauphin arrested on March 1, 2004. Tonight will mark the 1,761st night Mr. Dauphin has spent in prison with­out trial, and he has now been ille­gally impris­oned longer under the demo­c­ra­tic gov­ern­ment than he was under the dic­ta­tor­ship. Mr. Dauphin is in ill-health, and he is in despair about his legal night­mare end­ing before his life does. Please give Ronald Dauphin a hope he can believe in, by sign­ing the Peti­tion below from the Bay-Area Haiti Action Com­mit­tee:

For these rea­sons, we call for the imme­di­ate release of Ronald Dauphin. We urge you to drop all charges, pro­vide imme­di­ate med­ical treat­ment, and offer repa­ra­tions to Mr. Dauphin for his unjust and ille­gal detention.

Sin­cerely,

The Under­signed

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For more infor­ma­tion about the Half-Hour For Haiti pro­gram, the Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in Haiti (IJDH) or human rights in Haiti, see our web­site, www.HaitiJustice.org. To receive Half-Hour for Haiti Action Alerts (about 2 per month), send an email to HalfHour4Haiti@ijdh.org.