Daughter Seeks Release of Haiti's Ex-PM

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By VERENA DOBNIK
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK

The daughter of Haiti's former prime minister on Wednesday urged the international community to act to save her father, who has been on a hunger strike for the last three weeks to protest his 10-month detention without charge.

"Without the help and pressure of the international community, my father will die," Yvon Neptune's daughter, Maryvonne, said at a news conference. "I'm calling for action - for people to actively and openly put pressure on the people who are detaining him." <snip>

Neptune is being held in a special prison near police headquarters in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

Maryvonne Neptune, who recently graduated from New York University, said her 58-year-old father can no longer walk without help, "but he will not eat until he's released." <snip>

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050511/API/505111329

[chlamor]

1. This is a deep tragedy

The entire colonial crime that has been perpetrated on the gentlest of people by the French-Canadian-American is as repulsive as it gets.

Thanks for all your posts and vigilance.