Haiti: The Agreement of Governor's Island and Its Implementation : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, July 21, 1993, Volume 4 |
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Ambassador PEZZULLO American amnesty arrested assistance BARNES beaten Cedras Chairman Claudette Werleigh Clinton Administration committed committee CONG CONGRE CONGRESS THE LIBRARY constitutional government coup regime crimes Dante Caputo demonstrations Duvalier economic efforts embargo establishing going Gonaives Governors Island accord GRESS groups Haitian army Haitian military HAITIAN REFUGEES human rights abuses human rights violations institutions International Civilian Mission international community Island agreement issue Jean-Bertrand Aristide July justice leaders LIBRA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MCKINNEY monitoring months murder negotiations OBERSTAR October 30 organizations parliament participate parties police force political Port-au-Prince President Aristide President Clinton prime minister private sector pro-Aristide programs Radio Radio Soleil RARY repression RESS restore democracy role sanctions section chiefs SMITH Special Rapporteur statement SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN Thank things tion TORRICELLI transition U.S. Government UN Special Rapporteur UN/OAS United violence week WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS
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Page 75 - Development before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs Committee on Foreign Affairs US House of Representatives Washington, DC March 5, 1991 Mr.
Page 5 - STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK Mr. RANGEL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 10 - STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II. A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Mr. KENNEDY. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Page 38 - Minister, the President of the Senate and the President of the Chamber of Deputies.
Page 75 - Poor Haiti itself and the character of Doctor Duvalier's rule are not invented, the latter not even blackened for dramatic effect. Impossible to deepen the night. The Tontons Macoute are full of men more evil than Concasseur; the interrupted funeral is drawn from fact; many a Joseph limps the streets of Port-au-Prince after his spell of torture...
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Page 85 - ... Pere Lebrun? [audience yells no] Did the people forget it? [audience yells no] Did they have a right to forget it? [audience yells no] Do not say that I said it. [laughter] In front of the courthouse, for 24 hours, Pere Lebrun became a good firm bed. The people slept on it. Its springs bounced back. The Justice Ministry inside the courthouse had the law in its hands, the people had their cushion outside. The people had their little matches in their hands. They had gas nearby. Did they use it?
Page 82 - Prisoners described how they had to pay so that their heads would not be shaved, or to get out of the so-called internal cell, the worst cell in the prison, without windows, light, or ventilation. Detainees must also pay $5 for family visits and must pay to avoid torture during interrogations (between $60 and $100, according to a former prisoner). The price for release is between SI, MX) and $3,000, said a former detainee.