Brian Concannon
@HaitiJustice
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Haiti Must Center Women in Its Transition to Succeed from my
@IJDH
colleague Sasha Filippova 1/6 via
@stabroeknews
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On this
#GoodFriday
it is worth remembering that in 1919 the US killed Haitian freedom fighter Charlemagne Peralte, and distributed photos of his crucified body throughout the country to demonstrate what happens to Haitians who do not comply.
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@Sifill_LDF
This wasn't off the cuff- he prepared by looking up the law & confirming that it applied to elected officials. It would have been easy enough to dodge the question, but he took the opportunity not just to defend the perpetrators, but justify their crimes.
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MUST READ! Edwidge Danticat explains why “Haitians have no faith in foreign intervention” via
@NewYorker
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The fact that you need a union campaign to end such well-documented exploitation tells you all you need to know.
SAG-AFTRA, a union that represents actors, is calling for an end to auditions in private hotel rooms and residences after a series of sexual harassment allegations against powerful Hollywood figures.
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1/8 Daniel Foote's resignation letter from
@StateDept
Haiti envoy position (to
@SecBlinken
) may be best critique of US Haiti policy by a US envoy since Frederick Douglass in 1893.
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MUST WATCH: 10 y.o. Haitian girl inspires
@arcadefire
concert crowd, explains why we must fight to
#saveTPS
! Gives shout-out to
@FANMOrg
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I can't recall an accused perpetrator defending himself in a way that convinced me so much of his guilt since O.J. Simpson
#KavanaughHearings
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1/2 I have spent the last 25 years of my life investigating politically-motivated attacks on civilians by security forces in other countries. Most soldiers and officers will not attack their own citizens just because they were ordered to.
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We will hear increasing totals of people killed and injured over the coming days, but we know right now that ALL Haitians are traumatized by the earthquake. People all over the country will be sleeping outside tonight, and many nights to come.
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IF YOU READ ONE THING ABOUT HAITI THIS DECADE READ THIS!
@nytimes
explains how Haiti's poverty, instability is consequence of 2 centuries of exploitation by US and France
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Guerline: “we say no to foreign boots on the ground! We say yes to elections for the people a d BY the people” 2/2
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"Migration from Haiti is inextricably linked to ... US foreign policy, which for well over a decade has .… supported corrupt, anti-democratic leaders instead of civil society, resulting in institutional dysfunction & collapse”
@steveforester31
of
@ijdh
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@Haleaziz
@ScottHech
Next sentences even worse: "It is rare that a Court is presented with direct evidence of dishonesty. Usually,
the Court needs to evaluate aspects of veracity to reach an inference of dishonesty. However, the Government provided the Court with a blaring example of its dishonesty."
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"US justifications for intervention ignore the ways in which Haiti has rarely, if ever, been allowed to manage its own affairs"
@bhatiap
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Anyone wanting to help Haiti by sending foreign troops owes it to Haitians to listen to what they thought of the last UN mission.
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#EdwidgeDanticat
puts the current mistreatment of Haitians in its shameful historical context.
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The last thing Haiti needs is military intervention. It didn’t work in the past, and won’t work now.
#MarioJoseph
and me in
@MiamiHerald
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Highly recommended- funny, but serious critique of the military industrial complex.
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@KatzOnEarth
I was living in Haiti when Powell gave his UN speech. Our cable package had channels from the US, but also Haiti, France, Canada and Switzerland. I surfed around, and saw every non-US channel was skeptical, not a single US channel was.
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BREAKING! Congressional Black Caucus
@OfficialCBC
asks US to show “compassion” for Haitians in U.S. on
#TPS
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As a non-Haitian, I obviously have no basis for saying who should lead Haiti, what policies they should pursue, etc. But as a US citizen I do need to say my country must take its
#HandsOffHaiti
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Just listened, this is a great use of 18 minutes of your time!
Thrilled to launch my OUTSIDE IN podcast with an episode on
#impeachment
feat. Supreme Court lawyer
@neal_katyal
.
Listen to us discuss what's happened & how we hold this president accountable for betraying our values, Constitution and national security.
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Yesterday
@DHSgov
illegally expelled 120 people, including infants, some shackled, to a country that
@StateDept
said is too dangerous for Americans. Under
@POTUS
150 flights have expelled 15,000 Haitians. Matthew 25:40.
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Grateful to
@SamSeder
and
@majorityfm
for a thoughtful discussion getting to the (Made-In-America) roots of Haiti's crisis. What's Happening In Haiti w/ Brian Concannon | MR Live - 3/12/24 via
@YouTube
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Is this really 2023? New Yorker ignores its own Haiti coverage- by Haitian women writers- Edwidge Danticat and
@FictionsofHaiti
— explaining Haiti’s crisis is generated by the corrupt regime propped up by
@StateDept
— in favor of male Haitian & US officials and gang leaders. 1/2
In Haiti, an unelected government struggles to maintain order with an inadequate and corrupt police force, as gang violence spreads across the country. Is peace possible?
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One lesson learned from 2010 Haiti quake: it is never too soon to talk about aid accountability. Aid unjustly deliverred does not help. A good start is "A Rights-Based Approach to Disaster Response in Haiti" by
@Bealindstrom
of
@HarvardLawHRP
and me.
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@GuerlineMJozef
of
@HaitianBridge
“ for 200 years we have seen the international community on the backs of Haitians” 1/2
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@harrylitman
Hope you are right. I worry that this isn't the catastrophe it would be in a less corrupt system. Seems like a big risk for Meadows to have taken if his only chance was with Judge Jones.
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@camilapress
@public_archive
As Haitians say, “Bay kou bliye, pote mak sonje” - the one who strikes the blow forgets, the one who bears the scar remembers.
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Haitians Do Not Want a New International Intervention to Start, They Want the Existing International Intervention to Stop . via
@stabroeknews
by
@ijdh
1/12
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Mesi anpil to
@RepJayapal
and
@USProgressives
for inviting
#EmmanuelaDouyon
@JakobJohnston
and me to discuss how US policy can support democracy in Haiti.
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@americamag
In 7 years of Jesuit education I never saw the part where Jesus promoted "committed textualism" over feeding the hungry, welcoming strangers, looking after the sick and visiting the prisoners. Any help?
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Important to note that removing the fuel subsidies has been widely opposed by Haitians “for quite some time”. They feel the step will just allow the corrupt
#PHTK
government—that has already stolen billions—to steal more.
Asked why the Biden administration is supporting de facto PM Ariel Henry,
@WHAAsstSecty
says "he has ended fuel subsidies" which is something "we have wanted to see in Haiti for quite some time."
"I respect him for that," Nichols said.
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Why are France and US so afraid of democracy in Haiti?
#Reparations
"If [Haitians] win their restitution claim, they may open the door to a long line of claims for reparations by the descendants of everyone subject to the horrors of slavery...."
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DROP EVERYTHING AND READ THIS! A New Chapter for the Disastrous
@UN
Mission in Haiti, by Edwidge Danticat
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“What’s unconscionable is that the
@StateDept
is propping up the illegitimate & abhorred regime which is responsible for the hellish conditions Haitians endure every day,”
@steveforester31
of
@IJDH
.
#Haiti
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@grosmorne29
Well said! The inverse is also true: Haiti is the key site of longstanding resistance to the neocolonial project. Everyone should study Haiti to understand how it fights empire’s tactics. And evereyone should support the continued resistance!
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MUST WATCH: "Haiti in the Time of Cholera", Emmy-Winning doc (25 min) just released on internet in US.
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Highly recommended. Among other things, the piece connects the dots between silencing women through the defamation trial and the rest of the
#whitesupremacist
project.
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Looking forward to joining
@majorityfm
@SamSeder
@EmmaVigeland
Tuesday 12ET to talk about US
#foreignpolicy
and Haiti.
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@grosmorne29
US had Marines to spare for Haiti in 1915 despite WWI, and troops in 2004, despite Afghanistan and Iraq wars. There are always resources available to keep Haiti in check.
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@birdo4mayor
@kyledcheney
Calling Judge Cannon ignorant gives her too much credit. She went to top schools, has held prestigious legal jobs. She knows exactly what she is doing, and how illegal it is. She just puts serving Trump and the MAGA agenda over her professional reputation and the rule of law.
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Haitian opposition leader hired D.C. lobbyist two days before president's assassination via
@politico
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Grateful to
@majorityfm
@EmmaVigeland
for the opportunity to explain what is going on in Haiti!
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@HaitiJustice
discusses
#intervention
in
#Haiti
and
@StateDept
interference on
@majorityfm
: “This mission is being sent to prop up a corrupt, unpopular government in Haiti...broadly implicated in gang activity.” @ 48:00
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Lots of bad news from Haiti, so here's some inspiring news. Just spoke with colleagues at the
@HaitiBai
(everyone ok so far). Two lawyers walked three miles to the main police station today to interview > 50 people claiming arrest for legal protest activities.
#RuleOfLaw
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This says so much- Haiti PM
@DrArielHenry
thanking
@UNHaiti
's Amb. Lalime for support for democracy in Haiti. When Lalime arrived in Haiti 2018, the country had hundreds of elected officials, including mayors, Parliament and a President. After 5 years of "support", it has ZERO.
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L'occasion pour le chef du gouvernement de lui adresser ses remerciements et ses félicitations pour son appui au processus démocratique en Haïti.
#Ha
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Paul has been inspiring me since I read The Uses of Haiti in 1995. Feeling a bit lost right now, but will also take the
#Paulspromise
to put what he taught me to good use fighting injustice.
A light has been extinguished in my life.Paul had incalculable impact on the world.He worked tirelessly & with deep joy to right injustice.I will do my best to carry his work forward as many of you will
#PaulsPromise
@pih
@ughe_org
@SociosEnSalud
@pihsierraleone
@ZanmiLasanteht
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Stop calling mass shootings policy "failures." They are a successful implementation of the
#WhiteSupremacist
program. The shooters say so in their manifestos. The supremacist media and politicians say so in their "replacement theory." The consumers say so when they..... 1/2
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2/2: But they can be trained to attack their neighbors, step by escalating step. They can be taught that the government’s political opponents are subhuman. That is what
@DHS_Wolf
really means by “proactive”- this is all about preparing federal forces to suppress November's vote.
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My take: "Why is
@POTUS
preserving Miller’s racist immigration policy?"
#asylum
#Haiti
#title42
via
@AJEnglish
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@Sifill_LDF
Stefanik/Greene/Boebert/Cawthorn is a distinction with less difference every day. Its all different tones of the same
#WhiteSupremacy
message.
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"They gave us cholera, they didn’t do anything to eradicate the cholera” and they are using its resurgence as a “pretext” to return.
#MarioJoseph
of
@HaitiBai
on
@UN
troops returning to Haiti.
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@RepPressley
@RepMondaire
call out
@POTUS
racist double standard on deportations: “There is every reason to extend the same level of compassion ... to suspend deportations to Haiti [as Ukraine]— and... there is simply no excuse not to.” 1/3
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The
@UN
@BINUH_UN
doubles down on its support for the corrupt repressive regime in Haiti that lacks a single elected official. More disappointing than surprising.
@nouvelliste
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8/8 As honest and insightful as Foote's letter is,
#FrederickDouglass
1893 Worlds Fair speech is better. I will keep reading that one until it no longer accurately describes US
#foreignpolicy
to Haiti
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We hear so much about the brutality and avarice of the minority in Haiti, and not enough about the amazing courage and humanity of the many. A friend reported talking to friends recently released from a week + being kidnapped. 1/2
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@POTUS
has expelled nearly as many Haitians in 12 months (20,200+) as were deported during the previous 20 years (21,900) under three different presidents. 1/2 via
@QuixoteCenter
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1/2 Listen, but don't miss the subtitles! "When Johnny Cash put out 'Live at Folsom Prison' there were 188,000 people in prison in America… and now there’s a million and a half."
@butlerwills
@butlerwills
Watch
@butlerwills
' self-directed music video for the deceptively ebullient singalong “Surrender,” premiering now!
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Most revealing part is they learned French- so they can understand the orders to strike hard in poor neighborhoods from the francophone elite minority, but not communicate with most Haitians.
"Those interventions had been largely viewed by Haitians as occupation forces, while their goal is to support the local police and protect civilians."
Um, this is precisely how every intervention is framed.
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OUTRAGEOUS: Amid Haiti cholera epidemic,
@UNHaiti
peacekeepers spill sewage, ignore water treatment, suppress report
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Recommended: my explanation of why Haiti's series of catastrophes are neither natural nor random. Thnx to
@AIIANational
for publishing it! 1/15
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Just when you thought the story couldn't get stranger: 11 of the alleged mercenary assassins of Haiti's President Moise were arested in the Embassy of Taiwan.
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Don't mean to bash men- I have several male friends, my wife is married to a man. But can't think of a more compelling case for
#matriarchy
than the
#KavanaughHearings
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@20thcenturymora
@SenKamalaHarris
Agree on the importance of choice. But for many Americans, the choice is between going to the Dr or eating this week...
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.
@CongresswomanSC
explains why
@POTUS
must withdraw support for Haiti's "de facto government" which "lacks the legitimacy to hold elections." I hope
@JoeBiden
@WHAAsstSecty
listen. 1/4
CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA CHERFILUS MCCORMICK(FL-20) SUPPORTS THE HAITIAN PEOPLE IN DETERMINING THEIR POLITICAL DESTINY |
Read the full release ⤵️:
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@americamag
"For I was hungry and you were a committed textualist, I was thirsty and you went to Yale, I was a stranger and you went to Yale again, I needed clothes and you were a Federalist Society leader, I was sick and you wore nice suits, I was in prison and you threw away the key."
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Amb. Foote: when he saw planning for 2010 Earthquake repsonse: all Americans in the room, not surprising that 10 years later little to show. Haitians need to be in the room. $ should go to Haitian organizations.
@HouseForeign
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#DavidJones
: "Rationing is built into US pandemic planning. We have invested in tremendous military surge capacity, why can't we invest in public health surge capacity?"
#Right2Health
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@grosmorne29
Well said! "Ideology" was much less predictive of support or opposition to the 2004 coup than skin color. As I wrote back in 04, it was CARICOM, the African Union and Haiti's Constitution against everyone else.
#VotingWhileBlack
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@SiggonKristov
@CARICOMorg
stood by Haiti, despite US threats, after the 2004 coup, refusing to recognize the illegal government, enforcing the organization's minimum democracy standards.
@OAS_official
notably refused to enforce similar standards. Sad to see CARICOM now abandon the principles.
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IMPORTANT: Please watch at least the trailer of
@ItStaysWithYou
. Listen to Haitians explain how the last international military intervention against Haiti's gangs terrorized civilians and laid the groundwork for the current crisis.
@CahalMcLaughlin
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@elizabeth_rydan
@brianschatz
@SenSchumer
@Senschumer
does not need to play dirty, just practice democracy: remove the undemocratic filibuster, which is the basis of the power that McConnell wields despite losing the election.
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4 more House Democrats — 2 from Mass. — now back impeachment.
Time for
@USRepKeating
to join them!
via
@BostonGlobe
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@LindseyGrahamSC
@realDonaldTrump
Senator Graham, you were once better than this. Have you no shame now?
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Celebrating
#HaitianHeritage
at the
@RedSox
w the original
#Mass
Haitian elected officials,
@stfleurcom
@ldforry
!
@nhaeon
@Ruthzee
@ijdh
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"Haiti unrest should not be seen as a recent development but the result of rising levels of resentment and distrust among the Haitian population against many of the actions by Western powers" Sir Hilary Beckles 1/3
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@KatzOnEarth
I think we all need to think more critically about adoptions from places like Haiti, especially the role of white supremacy in our default assumption that black kids from poor countries are better off in white US families. 1/3
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Lots going on in Haiti right now, but important to note the December 12 Accord, Art. 15, would revive the unconstitutional plebiscite to amend the constitution. The move is at as dangerous now as it was 2 years ago when I wrote this for
@RStatecraft
.
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THIS IS BIG:
@SenatorLeahy
announces $12 million for
@UN
#Haiti
cholera response in Senate Appropriations Bill
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One reason that Haitians oppose a UN mission tasked with restoring the rule of law is that the UN has refused to comply with its legal obligations from it recklessly introducing cholera to Haiti. In 2020, 10
@UNHumanRights
experts wrote
@antonioguterres
, calling the UN's.... 1/3
On the sending of a ‘specialized foreign force’ to Haiti: China has taken note of “the immediate opposition from some political parties and groups to the presence of a foreign armed force in Haiti at a time when the Haitian government lacks legitimacy,”
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"They say that they don’t choose winners and losers in Haiti,” said
@moniclesca
. “But the
@StateDept
has chosen a loser – one who is supporting gangs and corruption. And unfortunately, the US is the major power in Haiti.” by
@bhatiap
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4/8 "I do not believe that Haiti can enjoy stability until her citizens have the dignity of truly choosing their own leaders fairly and acceptably."
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Haitians "are demanding that the PHTK resign to make way for fair elections. They are demanding that the international community, especially the United States, stop obstructing the restoration of democracy by propping up the PHTK." 5/5
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Breaking: Top
@StateDept
Legal Adviser Harold Koh quits, calls Title 42 “illegal,” “inhumane” and “not worthy of this Administration that I so strongly support.” via
@politico
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Great initial victory!
#TPS
holders to get their day in court!
BREAKING: Federal Judge DENIES Trump Administration’s Motion to Dismiss Case Brought by TPS-Holders and their US Citizen Children!!
#TPSJustice
#SaveTPS
#KeepFamiliesTogether
#TPS
#ProtectTPS
#ElSalvador
#Haiti
#Sudan
#Nicaragua
+
@TPS_Alliance
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This tweet went out while police in Kenya were shooting protestors and abducting opposition leaders. Hard to find more compelling evidence that the MSS' purpose is limiting democracy in Haiti (and Kenya), not security.
The arrival of the Multinational Security Support mission, which will support Haitian National Police anti-gang operations, is a vital step to restore security to Haiti. We commend Kenya for leading this mission and will continue to provide robust support alongside our partners.
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BREAKING!!!!Kenya court blocks police deployment to Haiti - BBC News
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“We urge the
@StateDept
to be a true friend of Haiti and allow Haitian-led solutions to the political crisis to emerge.” Pastor Dieufort Fleurissaint,
#HaitiFlagDay
#Boston
#HaitianHeritageMonth
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"“This is the kind of people we want in this country. This is the kind of individual who really makes our city and our nation stronger.”
@nydiavelazquez
Haitian started martial arts school for kids, says Trump needs to rethink immigration policy
#SaveTPS
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