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Photos et conception: Cyrus Sibert : reseaucitadelle@yahoo.fr .

Publié le 30 Octobre 2009, par : Le Ré.Cit.- Réseau Citadelle: www.reseaucitadelle.blogspot.com.

Cap-Haitien : Mary Cristo Séraphin, jeune entrepreneur, vendant au coin de la rue 9 L, du poulet bouilli bien épicé, de la figue banane, du poisson, du "Tasso cabrit"...

Cap-Haitien : Deux égoueurs des travaux publics au travail.

Des ouvriers sans garanties de pension de l'Etat ni d'assurance. Des hommes agés qui rendent service à la communauté dans des conditions primitives depuis plus de 30 ans et pour lesquels les arriérés de salaires peuvent aller jusqu'à sept (7) mois.

Pour la ‘‘Défense et protection’’ de la Police Nationale d’Haïti. (Par Cyrus Sibert)

L'unique institution de sécurité publique d'Haïti doit-être en mesure de contrer les multiples opérations d'infiltration des criminels nationaux et internationaux. Il faut un Service de sécurité interne capable de la « protéger contre les initiatives incessantes » des criminels et « de découvrir comment ils procèdent, quel genre d'agents ils utilisent ». Ce service classiquement fera du « contre-renseignements » à savoir « une opération de protection et de défense. » Par Cyrus Sibert, Cap-Haïtien, Haïti. Radio Souvenir FM, 106.1 : souvenirfm@yahoo.fr Le Ré.Cit. (Réseau Citadelle) : www.reseaucitadelle.blogspot.com L'implication de plusieurs policiers haïtiens dans le cambriolage de la Sogexpress à Delmas 30 le 5 octobre 2009 et l'assassinat du chef de cabine Makis Maresco est un coup dur pour l'image de Police Nationale d'Haïti. Elle attaque l'effort de confiance entre la population et l'unique force de sécurité publique du pays. Les témoignages de certains individus arrêtés et les faits collectés risquent d'orienter les enquêteurs vers un réseau complexe de policiers impliqués dans des actes de banditisme, un réseau de plus. L'argent du contribuable sert ainsi à renforcer les gangs, les jeunes policiers ayant tous été régulièrement formés à l'académie de police. Les citoyens les plus avisés ont de bonne raison d'être très inquiets. Haïti semble avancer à grand pas vers la criminalisation de ses forces répressives, notre pays semble avoir été contaminé par ce phénomène que l'on l'observe actuellement en Amérique latine : des forces de sécurité contrôlées groupes criminels très puissants. Dans le Nord, 2008 a été une année difficile pour Réseau citadelle. Avec le kidnapping de Docteur Harold suivi de l'Ing. Joubert, il fallait réagir et contribuer à affronter la structure opérationnelle des bandits qui attaquaient des citoyens pour les transformer en marchandises négociables. Nous avions mené notre petite enquête et grâce à des sources au sein de la Police Nationale d'Haïti (PNH), nous avions dénoncé les bandits. Nous avions pu découvrir que les criminels avaient des contacts à l'intérieur de la Police qui les informaient de l'avancée des investigations policières, de la position des patrouilles ; ces policiers corrompus allaient jusqu'à couvrir les bandits lors de la remise des rançons. Grâce à une source au sein de la PNH dans le Nord, les noms des policiers complices cités par ''Cassé Roche'' à l'Hôpital Justinien quelques minutes après son arrestation par une patrouille de la PNH ont été rapportés par Réseau Citadelle. Grâce aux dispositions de la Direction Départementale et surtout à la présence des policiers de la MINUSTAH, on n'a pas pu achever Cassé Roche dans l'enceinte du centre hospitalier, où il était soigné pour une blessure par balle. La publication de ces déclarations qui a été pour nous une décision ultime, car on ne saurait accepter que le kidnapping devienne une réalité dans notre région à vocation touristique. A cette époque de l'année 2008, les bandits frappaient avec une agressivité et une fréquence qui inquiétaient tout le monde. Nous devions - comme d'habitude - assumer notre responsabilité et dénoncer l'implication de policiers dans le kidnapping. Plusieurs policiers ont été transférés ; une enquête interne fut ouverte par la Direction Générale de la PNH ; deux responsables du Service Départemental de la Police Judiciaire sont accusés et en voie d'être inculpés pour association de malfaiteurs et kidnapping. Une situation qui normalement augmente les individus sur la liste de ceux qui veulent à notre vie. L'un des policiers écroué par le juge Heidi Fortuné, après avoir tenté sans succès, par l'intermédiaire de personnes naïves de la ville, de persuader et/ou de corrompre le juge dans l'objectif de sa libération, promet de l'abattre à sa sortie de prison. Car selon lui, c'est normal que des membres de la force publique cherchent à soutirer de l'argent des mains de personnes perçues comme riches et qui ''pa sèvi'' (une expression courante pour qualifier les personne qui n'accordent des gratifications). Le chef de gang recherché par la Police après avoir subi des pertes considérables dans ses rangs allant jusqu'à handicaper son réseau, s'était mis en colère. On nous rapporte qu'il avait projeté d'attaquer la prison civile de la ville et l'hôpital Justinien pour libérer ses associés détenus par la PNH. Ne pouvant pas le capturer, le Directeur Départemental avait utilisé une technique qui a donné des résultats remarquables à savoir, émonder les branches de son réseau pour pouvoir diminuer sa capacité opérationnelle et le mettre à découvert. Depuis lors il est sur la défensive et il n'arrive pas à prendre le rythme de ses activités criminelles à grande échelle comme ce fut le cas avant les inventions de la PNH. Le fait, par RESEAU CITADELLE, de dénoncer les policiers liés aux kidnappeurs a ainsi donné ses fruits. Car, ne disposant plus de support à la l'intérieur de l'institution, Willy Etienne est limité. C'est sûr qu'il travaillera à contourner les mesures policières et à reconstituer son réseau. Il semble avoir les moyens d'infiltrer la police. Et, c'est l'objet d'analyse de ce texte. Quels sont les moyens de contre-infiltration (contre-espionnage) de la PNH ? Si ce petit chef de gang limité a pu infiltrer le Service Départemental de la Police Judiciaire, que dirions-nous des grands réseaux criminels à dimension internationale, des structures mafieuses qui réalisent des chiffres d'affaire de plusieurs milliards de dollars ? Un cartel de Colombie qui veut faire transiter des tonnes de cocaïne n'aura aucun problème à dépenser des centaines de millions de dollars pour corrompre des policiers haïtiens et atteindre son objectif. C'est ce que font les trafiquants de stupéfiants au Mexique. Les trafiquants d'enfants, d'organes, de femmes, peuvent agir dans le même sens. Nous sommes donc arrivés à la conclusion suivante : il faut un Service de sécurité interne pour la Police Nationale d'Haïti, afin de la « protéger contre les initiatives incessantes » des criminels, « de découvrir comment ils procèdent, quel genre d'agents ils utilisent ». Ce service classiquement fera du « contre-renseignements » à savoir « une opération de protection et de défense. » L'Inspection Générale qui actuellement est chargée d'épurer la police, fait le travail en aval. Ses enquêteurs n'interviennent que lorsqu'on accuse un policier d'avoir commis un forfait, un acte ou un fait répréhensible. Dans ce cas, elle agit après la commission de l'infraction. Souvent des jeunes policiers sont exposés aux manœuvres des groupes de criminels influents disposant de renseignements collectés à l'intérieur de l'institution. Ainsi, un jeune policier qui refuse des pots de vin peut facilement se faire cibler par des gangs. Le pire, souvent, les officiers supérieurs responsables du commissariat auquel l'agent est attaché, ont de bons contacts avec les criminels. Avec la procédure actuelle, ces hauts-gradés corrompus auront le loisir de faire fortune, d'entrainer d'autres policiers dans des pratiques illégales, de liquider les policiers curieux, critiques ou réticents, d'établir un réseau de renseignement à des fins criminelles à l'intérieur de l'unique force publique d'Haïti, sans grandes difficultés. Car, il a le temps d'agir si tout se passe sans scandale public. Il suffit de bien gérer l'information. C'est un fait que le vetting renforce le travail de filtrage en amont, mais la sécurité de l'institution est plus qu'une question de contrôle du patrimoine et/ou du comportement des agents de police dans leur quartier. Le contrôle des informations qui circulent à l'intérieur de la PNH, les fréquentations de policiers, la manipulation des informations supposées classées secrètes, la sécurité des opérations - ce qu'on appelle ''OpSec'' aux Etats-Unis, les personnes qui visitent les policiers en isolement pour leur implication dans des actes criminels, les conversations entre policiers et les criminels en gardes à vue ou en détention. Souvent des policiers agissent en faveur des criminels en détruisant des preuves. Ils se développent des relations intimes entre les amis et la famille du criminel et l'agent de police allant jusqu'à l'évasion du détenu. Nous pensons qu'un service de ce genre au sein de la Police, du Ministère de la Justice ou du Ministère de l'Intérieur pourrait contribuer à renforcer la PNH - Il peut être attaché au CSPN (Conseil Supérieur de la Police Nationale). Cette structure de contre-intelligence aiderait à protéger l'institution à partir d'un travail de contrôle permanent. C'est contre-productif de former des jeunes à l'école de police avec les fonds du contribuable, pour les abandonner face à des réseaux mafieux puissants avec l'espoir qu'ils seront renvoyés s'ils commettent des gaffes. Nous devons prévenir ces expulsions. Un service de sécurité pour la PNH permettra de sonner l'alarme au cas ou un policier ou un groupe de policiers adopterait un comportement jugé non professionnel. En 2008, le chef du plus grand réseau de kidnapping dans le nord a été remarqué deux fois dans les parages de notre résidence familiale. Embusqué sous des arbustes à quelques mètres de notre demeure, l'homme parlait au téléphone, échangeant des informations avec son interlocuteur. Il portait un chapeau de laine gris, avait un sac à dos qui nous paraissait rempli d'objets et lourd pour lui. Nous avions alerté des responsables de la police qui a confirmé que la description correspondait au criminel, vu qu'en cette période de l'année 2008 plusieurs informateurs avaient signalé qu'il portait un chapeau de laine gris. Nous avions évité de faire trop de bruit avec cette histoire tout en sachant qu'il avait exécuté un informateur de la police à Ouanaminthe dans les parages de sa maison. Willy Etienne, ainsi connu, se déplaçait sans problème. Avant chaque circuit, il appelle ses informateurs connus sous le sobriquet d'''antennes'' pour s'assurer qu'il ne court aucun risque. Aujourd'hui, on nous signale la modification de sa physionomie. Il est devenu plus gros et les photos de recherche que la police et la MINUSTAH faisaient circuler ne correspondent plus. Aussi, s'active t-il à renforcer son réseau au sein de la PNH. Il n'est pas prêt à abonner sa profession. Les autorités policières ont du pain sur la planche. RESEAU CITADELLE (Le Ré.Cit.), le 29 Octobre 2009, 18 heures 43.

Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release

Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release October 28, 2009 By: Chris Simmons Tags: Doug Perlitz Perlitz   After a flurry of motions the day before, the hearing on the detainment of Doug Perlitz '92 was largely anticlimactic.   On a rainy Wednesday morning, Perlitz was led into the Court Room 3 at the Richard C. Lee U.S. Court House in New Haven with a denim jacket covering his khaki prison jumpsuit, with his family sitting behind him for support. Meanwhile, a group of Haitian supporters sat across the court room, stating they were providing a voice for the children.   William F. Dow III, Perlitz's lead lawyer, opened by saying that the federal Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis had set forth conditions for release, but the defense had not yet met the requirements. Dow asked for the right to continue the matter at a later date if the defense should choose to. The government's petition for detainment was granted without prejudice.   "It's an extraordinary bond requirement," said Dow after the hearing. "It involves a bunch of moving parts, like playing three-level chess."   He said that the bond issues were largely mechanical and that the defense plans to eventually contest the detention once it has better met the bail requirements. During the initial portion of the hearing, before the 20 day recess and continuation, the judge seemed to indicate that she would accept a bond in the $4-5 million range along with increased third-party custodians. This hearing comes on the heels of two motions filed yesterday, one by Dow outlining a new proposed package for release, which included 19 other people to raise bail money along with 12 more third-party back-up custodians. Dow said that motion was just an outline of a package and that it is a"dynamic one, not a static one, pieces have to be filled in."   That motion was followed by a rebuttal by the government. The government also attached "Exhibit A," which stated that after a very preliminary investigation by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, Perlitz's computer was found to contain over 100 images of nude black males performing sex acts along with numerous URLs to various sex Websites.   "We haven't seen any information about what they are alleging with the computer," said Dow. "There is nothing illegal about any of the conduct the government described." He added that these type of allegations are intended to serve as "lightening rods" to raise support for the prosecutor's case in the public eye.   But in the end the allegations may have accomplished that goal, at least according to those who attended to speak against Perlitz's potential release. The new information may have helped turn the tide against releasing Perlitz, according to Henri Alexander, a lawyer and member of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN). He said that he thought that some people who may have been willing to support Perlitz now do not want their names associated with the case.   Alexander, along with Ezili Danto, the founder of the HLLN, attended the hearing along with 10 Haitians to give the people of Haiti a voice after the previous hearing which was well-attended by Perlitz supports, a fact pointed out several times by Dow during that portion of the hearing.   "We're not too, too informed about the case," said Odelin Francois, the president of Global Network for Progress, which strives to provide impoverished children an education. "But from what we've heard, we feel he is praying on poor black kids. He gives them bread and education so he can use them. Black kids are not for sale and not for abuse. We can provide for ourselves, we don't need these people."   Gina Magloirie, another Haitian who came up from New York City to support the motion to detain Perlitz, said that the next time, even more Haitians would come. She compared it to the time when Haitians were blamed for AIDS and they "shut down New York City and marched across the bridge. We made history and we will do it again."   She was referring to April 1990 when more than 50,000 people crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, poured in lower Manhattan and surrounded City Hall to protest a Food and Drug Administration ban on blood donations from Haitians as a precaution against spreading AIDS.   Magloirie said that she and her fellow Haitians will come to the court house "until the judge is tired of seeing our faces. We will be here in snow, rain, we don't care."   After the hearing, supporters of detaining Perlitz stood outside holding signs with phrases such as, "Justice for the Haitian Children,"No Bail for Pedophile," and "Doug Perlitz Pedophile."   Paul Kendrick '72, who has spoken out against releasing Perlitz on bail, also attended the hearing, making the trip from Maine. Kendrick plans to meet with Fairfield University administrators in early November and call on them to raise money for the school in Haiti that Perlitz founded. It is currently being supported by remaining members of the Haiti Fund, including current chairman Michael McCooey, who split away when allegations were made against Perlitz. They did not sign a letter, as some board member did, defending Perlitz.   Kendrick again emphasized that the University should try to help the suffering Haitian children, rather than try and distance themselves from the case. The Project Pierre Toussaint school is currently being watched by guards paid for by McCooey, according to Kendrick, because it is a target for looting and vandalism.

Posted on Fairfield Mirror web site

Paul Kendrick '72 says: October 29, 2009 at 2:20 pm At 5:45 p.m. last evening, I received the following message (see below) from Dr. Mark Reed, a senior official at Fairfield University. Dr. Reed and I exchanged several emails during the past few weeks regarding a date and time for Dr. Reed, Rama Sudhaker and I to meet. We had originally decided upon October 19th, and then rescheduled our meeting until November 6th. Now, it appears, there will be no meeting at all.   It was my intention to focus our discussion on rescuing the hungry and homeless Haitian children who have been forced back into the streets of Cap Haitian because Project Pierre Toussaint is closed. For twelve years, the three major (and proud) financial sponsors of the Project were Fairfield University, The New England Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the Order of Malta. Project Pierre Toussaint and Douglas Perlitz quickly became the darling of the University's Campus Ministry program. University officials at the highest levels took great delight in honoring and publicizing Perlitz and the Haiti Project. Sadly, the very hint of scandal has driven everyone away.   At our meeting, I had hoped to urge (it seems time for a much stronger word) Dr. Reed and Ms. Sudhaker into realizing that the University has an immediate obligation to assist the Project by raising money so that the Project can reopen and have time to get back on its feet.   Dr. Reed's concerns about lawyers and an independent inquiry are absolute nonsense (see his email). The kids in Haiti need help now — this very minute, in fact. It is quite remarkable to me that not one Fairfield University official has picked up the phone and called Michael McCooey, the Project's current board chairperson.   McCooey has been working diligently (and spending his own money) to keep the school in shape to reopen. It is beyond belief that neither President Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., Dr. Mark Reed, Rev. Michael Doody, S.J. (campus ministry), nor any other University official has contacted Mr. McCooey to say, "Let's get together for lunch. Let's talk about how we can once again help these kids."   Perhaps, we should raise our collective consciousness and focus on the essentials of a Jesuit education. If the service of our faith must include the promotion of justice, is it right and just for the University to abandon a project it helped nourish for so many years?   Paul Kendrick Fairfield University '72 kendrickpt@aol.com

Cap-Haitien : Le maire délinquant Michel Saint-Croix protège son tueur.

Nixon Jean Laguerre tué par le Casec de la zone Gracius Laguerre, en cavale.

Cap-Haitien : Le maire délinquant Michel Saint-Croix protège son tueur.

Cap-Haitien : Le maire délinquant Michel Saint-Croix protège son tueur.   Par Cyrus Sibert, Cap-Haïtien, Haïti. Radio Souvenir FM, 106.1 : souvenirfm@yahoo.fr Le Ré.Cit. (Réseau Citadelle) :  www.reseaucitadelle.blogspot.com   L'exécution sommaire de Nixon Jean Laguerre, un jeune  de 25 ans par le CASEC Gracius Laguerre est une preuve que le désarmement n'est pas encore une réalité. La commission d'Alix Fils-Aimé n'a fait que  désarmer un secteur au profit d'un autre. Alors qu'on parle de relance du tourisme dans le Nord, à quelques jours de l'arrivée du plus gros bateau de croisière du monde ''Oasis of the Seas'' dans le Port de Labadie (Labadee), la réalité saute aux yeux : le CASEC de la Bande du Nord entretient un groupe armé violent qui procède à des exécutions sommaires. Des responsables de la 2eme ville du pays se comportent en violateurs systématiques des droits humains. Le Maire Michel Saint-Croix par ses déclarations irresponsables et délinquantes montre que nos dirigeants ne sont pas à la hauteur. Il a eu le culot de déclarer sur les ondes que Gracius Laguerre n'a eu qu'un ''fusil 12''. Il voulait ainsi cacher la vérité, de peur qu'une enquête approfondie ne remonte à son administration et à son armée privée qui terrorise les citoyens dans la ville du Cap-Haitien. On nous rapporte que le criminel en fuite a été vu sur la route nationale #1 du coté de Passe-reine, non loin des Gonaïves. Il prenait un repas à quelques mètres de la voiture de la Mairie de la ville du Cap-Haitien. Le premier citoyen de la 2e ville du pays n'est en fait qu'un délinquant agissant en faveur d'un criminel qui a abattu froidement un jeune de 25 ans dans son bureau. Au mépris de la vie, de cette personne et de la souffrance de ses parents, le Maire Michel Saint-Croix et d'autres autorités de la ville du Cap-Haitien s'activent à protéger le Criminel Gracius Laguerre. Ce n'est pas la première fois que des citoyens sont victimes des hommes armés au service des autorités locales. La liste des victimes est longue. Et à chaque fois, on utilise les mêmes méthodes pour protéger le bourreau. Gracius qui était sous la protection de la police le soir du meurtre est déclaré aujourd'hui « en cavale ». Entre-temps, Michel Saint-Croix en bon délinquant fait des déclarations dans la presse faisant état d'une balle perdue venant d'une foule imaginaire. Le Maire délinquant de la ville du Cap-Haitien devrait répondre devant la justice de ses déclarations irresponsables visant à protéger un criminel. Comme vous pouvez le constater sur la photo : la victime a reçue une balle en plein cœur.  Il était aux mains des hommes armés du CASEC Gracius Laguerre qui le molestait pour avoir exigé la libération de son cousin arrêté sans raison. En vu de prouver son droit en tant qu'autorité de procéder à l'arrestation de qui il veut et quand il veut, Gracius Laguerre procéda à son interpellation de force. De son refus d'accepter qu'il soit bastonné comme son cousin, il fut exécuté de sang froid à l'intérieur du local de l'Ecole Professionnelle de la Bande du Nord utilisé par Gracius et Sylvio Toussaint (son adjoint) comme B    ureau de l'Administration, lieu d'interpellation et de détention.  Selon les informations recueillies, même après l'exécution sommaire de Nixon, Gracius Laguerre et Sylvio Toussaint n'ont pas voulu remettre la victime à ses parents. Ils mirent du temps avant d'accepter que la famille puisse transmettre le blessé à l'Hôpital. Gracius Laguerre est connu comme un homme violent qui n'hésite pas à proférer des menaces même sur les ondes. Comme Michel Saint-Croix, il est toujours armé. Gracius Laguerre, Sylvio Toussaint et sa milice circulent librement avec leurs armes. Ils organisent des patrouilles la nuit, arrêtent et maltraitent qui ils veulent et dans le plus grand secret. La PNH, la MINUSTAH et les autorités de l'Etat central étant au courant de cette situation, leur silence n'est autre qu'un acquiescement tacite. Ils sont ainsi tous complices dans ce meurtre. Nous suivons de près l'évolution de la situation. RESEAU CITADELLE (Le Ré.Cit), le 28 Octobre 2009, 13 heures 33.

Perlitz withdraws bond request for now - A victory for all children | Haitians at Court House speak out on the Douglas Perlitz case | Photos (Fairfield Mirror) from Perlitz hearing today

Photos de Chris Simmons Mirror

Ezili Dantò's Note: At his bond hearing, Perlitz withdrew his bond request for now. This is a small victory, but a victory nonetheless for all children. Considering that last time in court, on Oct. 8, Perlitz's attorney kept pointing out how massive Mr. Perlitz's support was, implying the children of Haiti had no support and stating outright that our children are liars, not to mention detailing in how corrupt Haiti is as the reason why Perlitz is being wrongly accused. This time in court, the children of Haiti had more people there to support them than Mr. Perlitz's so touted "supporters" which were mostly no-shows. Thank you all who wrote and asked judge not release Perlitz on bond. The process has just begun...more later on our next steps. We suspect, as more information is made available on this case more of Mr. Perlitz's supporters and prospective bond financiers will be asking to remain anonymous. But all children need protection and we publicly campaign against this demand for secrecy. HLLN shall insist that every Douglas Perlitz's supporter ought to be able stand in front of the entire community and say they are standing by Mr. Perlitz' innocence. Too many times in Haiti's past we've seen, as we just saw with the arrest of ex-priest and accused pedophile John Duarte, that the authorities are willing to make arrests but, as for instance in the John Duarte case, categorically refuse to name the hotel in Port au Prince where Mr. Duarte was having sex with children. This is exactly the sort of thing Save the Children did last year when it announced that UN peacekeepers in Haiti and NGO workers were sexually abusing Haiti's children, but did not name the UN peacekeepers nor the NGO charities involved. Not even their countries or NGO's. Our investigation show an entwine international network in Haiti and a systematic cover up, it seems by the authorities to keep this matter as "isolated incidents" when it is not. Thus, in this case with defendant Douglas Perlitz, those who wish to stand with him ought to be sure enough of him and his innocence not to hide their names as his attorney appears to be asking in the motions filed in court yesterday. If Douglas Perlitz is the "saint" that his attorneys say he is - just simply a wrongly accused white American in a "Hatfield/McCoy" caper concocted by Haiti's children and teachers, if that is so, as his attorneys are vociferously pleading, then there ought not to be a problem with revealing who the 19 "people of fine standing in the community, as well as of sufficient financial means," many from Fairfield County, who will agree to post the required $5 million bond for the Douglas Perlitz. Haitians are asking for transparency. We have had ENOUGH of secrecy in abuse cases. Haitians are still waiting for the UN authorities to RELEASE the investigation of the 108 Sri Lankan soldiers accused of sex abuse and rape of minors in Haiti and deported back, in disgrace, to Sri Lanka. It's been almost two years and the UN investigation has never been made public to Haitians. This is the sort of racist double standard, complicity and capriciousness HLLN finds an abuse of power by supposedly lawful and respected authorities. We shall explain our concerns to the world and go people-to-people as we just did with this Perlitz case, as the Haitian public does not seem to be getting anywhere with those in power, or who have taken power illegally (the 10,000 NGOs in Haiti and the UN forces) and who are supposed to be protecting and defending democracy, justice, and Haitian welfare. Ezili Danto/HLLN October 28, 2009 ************* Recommended HLLN Link: Photos of Haitians speaking out on Douglas Perlitz case outside the courthous Chris Simmons Mirror's photostream - http://www.flickr.com/photos/44084891@N05/4052783297/ http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/Desalin09.html#holocaust09 - Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release http://bit.ly/p2VqG - Perlitz withdraws bond request - A victory for children. Thank you all who wrote and asked judge not release Perlitz http://bit.ly/1AnTXW - Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US http://bit.ly/146tzi - Direct from Okap: Lakounewyork interview with Cyrus Sibert on Douglas Perlitz case - http://bit.ly/ V8RqV - New motions filed in Perlitz case http://bit.ly/ 3e627E ****************************in this post************** monitor Perlitz when the Siriannis could Ezili Dantò's Note: Perlitz withdraws bond request - A victory for all children. This time in court, the children of Haiti had more people there to support them than Mr. Perlitz's so touted "supporters" which were mostly no-shows. Thank you all who wrote and asked judge not release Perlitz. The process has just begun...more later on our next steps. We suspect, as more information is made available on this case more of Mr. Perlitz's supporters and financiers will be asking to remain anonymous. But all children need protection and we shall insist that every Douglas Perlitz supporter ought to be able stand in front of the community and say they are standing by Mr. Perlitz' innocence. To many times in Haiti's past we've seen, as we just saw with the arrest of ex-priest and accused pedophile John Duarte that the authorities are willing to make arrest but, as for instance in the John Duarte case, categorically refuse to name the hotel in Port au Prince where Mr. Duarte was having sex with children. This is exactly the sort of thing Save the Children did last year when it announced that UN peacekeepers and NGO workers were sexually abusing Haiti's children, but did not name the peacekeepers or the NGO charities involved. Our investigation show an entwine network in Haiti and a systematic cover up. Thus in this case with Mr. Perlitz, those who wish to stand with him ought to be sure enough of him and his innocence not to hide their names as his attorney appears to be asking in the motions filed in court yesterday. Ex-Fairfielder accused of abusing Haitian boys drops bond bid By Michael P. Mayko, STAFF WRITER, Connecticut Post, Oct. 28, 2009 http://www.connpost.com/breakingnews/ci_13658998#at http://bit.ly/1AnTXW - Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release, October 28, 2009 By Chris Simmons, Fairfield Mirror http://fairfieldmirror.com/2009/10/28/perlitz-detained-without-prejudice-defense-plans-to-eventually-ask-for-release/ - Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US http://bit.ly/146tzi ************************************************* Ex-Fairfielder accused of abusing Haitian boys drops bond bid By Michael P. Mayko, STAFF WRITER, Connecticut Post, Oct. 28, 2009 http://www.connpost.com/breakingnews/ci_13658998#at http://bit.ly/1AnTXW NEW HAVEN -- The former Fairfield man accused of molesting Haitian street orphans at a charity he established to help them will remain in jail indefinitely after his plan to post bond today was withdrawn. Lawyers for Douglas Perlitz, a graduate of Fairfield University who was given an honorary degree by the school in 2002 for his charitable work, told federal Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis this morning they need more time to complete paperwork as they try to raise Perlitz's $5 million bond. They also are trying to find more people in the area willing to host Perlitz in their homes while he awaits trial. The delay in Perlitz's attempt to post bond came hours after a federal prosecutor advised the judge that the accused was trolling Internet sites shortly before his Sept. 16 arrest in Colorado, "conducting Google searches" for "gay boys black" "Colorado Haitians" and "africa boyz" and Yahoo searches for "gay black boys," according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Krishna Patel. "Moreover, the initial findings indicate that Perlitz's activities on the computer included access to forum pages which included places where people could post personals, arrange for meetings and identify cruising places," the prosecutor said. The delay was sought by Perlitz's lawyers, William F. Dow III and David Grudberg. Earlier, the defense lawyers said 19 people, many from Fairfield County, each have agreed to post $100,000 to $325,000 to help the defendant reach the required $5 million bond. Previously, Perlitiz's mother, brother and uncle agreed to post $2.3 million in property they own. But Grudberg had asked Margolis in court documents filed yesterday not to release the names of the individuals pledging to help pay Perlitz's bond, who he said are "people of fine standing in the community, as well as of sufficient financial means" to the public. "Each of these individuals was promised that financial information would be shared with the court only if it was certain that information would remain sealed from public view," the lawyer wrote the judge. Additionally, Grudberg proposed that several Fairfield residents agreed to serve as back-up third party custodians to Anthony and Laura Sirianni, who have agreed to allow Perlitz to live with them in their Fairfield home on Congress Street home until his trial. Anthony Sirianni, a retired lawyer, is confined to a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis. These individuals would supposedly monitor Perlitz when the Siriannis could ******************************* Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release October 28, 2009 By: Chris Simmons, Fairfield Mirror http://fairfieldmirror.com/2009/10/28/perlitz-detained-without-prejudice-defense-plans-to-eventually-ask-for-release/ After a flurry of motions the day before, the hearing on the detainment of Doug Perlitz '92 was largely anticlimactic. On a rainy Wednesday morning, Perlitz was led into the Court Room 3 at the Richard C. Lee U.S. Court House in New Haven with a denim jacket covering his khaki prison jumpsuit, with his family sitting behind him for support. Meanwhile, a group of Haitian supporters sat across the court room, stating they were providing a voice for the children. William F. Dow III, Perlitz's lead lawyer, opened by saying that the federal Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis had set forth conditions for release, but the defense had not yet met the requirements. Dow asked for the right to continue the matter at a later date if the defense should choose to. The government's petition for detainment was granted without prejudice. "It's an extraordinary bond requirement," said Dow after the hearing. "It involves a bunch of moving parts, like playing three-level chess." He said that the bond issues were largely mechanical and that the defense plans to eventually contest the detention once it has better met the bail requirements. During the initial portion of the hearing, before the 20 day recess and continuation, the judge seemed to indicate that she would accept a bond in the $4-5 million range along with increased third-party custodians. This hearing comes on the heels of two motions filed yesterday, one by Dow outlining a new proposed package for release, which included 19 other people to raise bail money along with 12 more third-party back-up custodians. Dow said that motion was just an outline of a package and that it is a"dynamic one, not a static one, pieces have to be filled in." That motion was followed by a rebuttal by the government. The government also attached "Exhibit A," which stated that after a very preliminary investigation by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, Perlitz's computer was found to contain over 100 images of nude black males performing sex acts along with numerous URLs to various sex Websites. "We haven't seen any information about what they are alleging with the computer," said Dow. "There is nothing illegal about any of the conduct the government described." He added that these type of allegations are intended to serve as "lightening rods" to raise support for the prosecutor's case in the public eye. But in the end the allegations may have accomplished that goal, at least according to those who attended to speak against Perlitz's potential release. The new information may have helped turn the tide against releasing Perlitz, according to Henri Alexander, a lawyer and member of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (HLLN). He said that he thought that some people who may have been willing to support Perlitz now do not want their names associated with the case. Alexander, along with Ezili Danto, the founder of the HLLN, attended the hearing along with 10 Haitians to give the people of Haiti a voice after the previous hearing which was well-attended by Perlitz supports, a fact pointed out several times by Dow during that portion of the hearing. "We're not too, too informed about the case," said Odelin Francois, the president of Global Network for Progress, which strives to provide impoverished children an education. "But from what we've heard, we feel he is praying on poor black kids. He gives them bread and education so he can use them. Black kids are not for sale and not for abuse. We can provide for ourselves, we don't need these people." Gina Magloirie, another Haitian who came up from New York City to support the motion to detain Perlitz, said that the next time, even more Haitians would come. She compared it to the time when Haitians were blamed for AIDS and they "shut down New York City and marched across the bridge. We made history and we will do it again." She was referring to April 1990 when more than 50,000 people crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, poured in lower Manhattan and surrounded City Hall to protest a Food and Drug Administration ban on blood donations from Haitians as a precaution against spreading AIDS. Magloirie said that she and her fellow Haitians will come to the court house "until the judge is tired of seeing our faces. We will be here in snow, rain, we don't care." After the hearing, supporters of detaining Perlitz stood outside holding signs with phrases such as, "Justice for the Haitian Children,"No Bail for Pedophile," and "Doug Perlitz Pedophile." Paul Kendrick '72, who has spoken out against releasing Perlitz on bail, also attended the hearing, making the trip from Maine. Kendrick plans to meet with Fairfield University administrators in early November and call on them to raise money for the school in Haiti that Perlitz founded. It is currently being supported by remaining members of the Haiti Fund, including current chairman Michael McCooey, who split away when allegations were made against Perlitz. They did not sign a letter, as some board member did, defending Perlitz. Kendrick again emphasized that the University should try to help the suffering Haitian children, rather than try and distance themselves from the case. The Project Pierre Toussaint school is currently being watched by guards paid for by McCooey, according to Kendrick, because it is a target for looting and vandalism. Pictures from the protest outside the courthouse http://www.flickr.com/photos/44084891@N05/4052783297/ ********************************* Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (AP) – October 28, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHXHsfz2shb7W93Ztvf_BqCN94QgD9BK84IO0 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Federal prosecutors say a Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti was using his computer while in the United States to search for boys. Authorities made the accusations in court papers as they argued that 39-year-old Douglas Perlitz should not be released from prison while he awaits trial. A judge kept him detained after his attorney said at a hearing Wednesday that he needed more time to come up with a large bond package. Authorities say Perlitz enticed children at the Project Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien into sex acts by promising them food, shelter, cash, cell phones, electronics and shoes. Perlitz has pleaded not guilty. His attorney says he did nothing illegal in the U.S. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ******************************************************** Forwarded by Ezili's Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network ******************************************************** Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release http://bit.ly/p2VqG Perlitz withdraws bond request - A victory for children. Thank you all who wrote and asked judge not release Perlitz http://bit.ly/1AnTXW Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US http://bit.ly/146tzi Direct from Okap: Lakounewyork interview with Cyrus Sibert on Douglas Perlitz case - http://bit.ly/V8RqV New motions filed in Perlitz case http://bit.ly/3e627E Perlitz Court Date Moved, Groups Raise Awareness of Perlitz, O'Brien Cases by Tom Cleary, Fairfield Mirror, Oct. 15, 2009 http://fairfieldmirror.com/2009/10/15/perlitz-court-date-moved-groups-raise-awareness-of-perlitz-obrien-cases/ Jesuits, diocese asked to help sex abuse victims Group protests handling of sex abuse allegations by Genevieve Reilly, Connecticut Post, Oct. 15, 2009 http://www.connpost.com/ci_13572777 Letter-writing campaign aims to keep Perlitz jailed By Michael P. Mayko, Connecticut Post, Oct. 14, 2009 http://www.connpost.com/ci_13552096?source=most_viewed Haiti's Holocaust and Middle Passage Continues http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/Desalin09.html#holocaust09 Thank you: Haitian children had no public voice in this process until you came on the scene http://www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/Desalin09.html#noula Help Haiti's children - Demand that accused US pedophile, Doug Perlitz, not be set free on bond http://www.margueritelaurent.com/law/abuse.html#stoprelease

Ex-Fairfielder accused of abusing Haitian boys may be freed today By Michael P. Mayko STAFF WRITER Updated: 10/28/2009 09:10:10 AM EDT NEW HAVEN -- Early this afternoon, former Fairfielder Douglas Perlitz will learn if he will remain in jail until his trial on charges that he sexually abused Haitian street boys that he set out to help, or be released on approximately $5 million bond to stay in the home of a disabled Fairfield lawyer and his wife while awaiting trial.   But Assistant U.S. Attorney Krishna Patel maintained in court papers filed late yesterday that some "very preliminary findings" by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement forensic investigation of the computer obtained from Perlitz when he was arrested Sept. 16 in Colorado shows that the user "Doug was conducting Google searches" for "gay boys black" "Colorado Haitians" and "africa boyz" and Yahoo searches for "gay black boys."   "Moreover, the initial findings indicate that Perlitz's activities on the computer included access to forum pages which included places where people could post personals, arrange for meetings and identify cruising places," the prosecutor charged.   Perlitz faces the molestation charges in connection with the Haitian charity, Project Pierre Toussaint, that he founded as way to help street orphans in the impoverished nation. In Haiti, Cyrus Sibert, a journalist who met with Perlitz's alleged victims last week, told the Connecticut Post the victims fear they may be pressured or even hurt by Perlitz supporters in their homeland. Here, David Grudberg, who with William F. Dow III represents Advertisement Perlitz, who founded a street clinic in Cap-Haitien that evolved into Project Pierre Toussaint, said 19 people, many from Fairfield County each have agreed to post $100,000 to $325,000 to help the defendant reach the required $5 million bond. Previously, Perlitiz's mother, brother and uncle agreed to post $2.3 million in property they own.   But Grudberg asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis in court documents filed yesterday not to release the names of the individuals pledging to help pay Perlitz's bond, who he said are "people of fine standing in the community, as well as of sufficient financial means" to the public.   "Each of these individuals was promised that financial information would be shared with the court only if it was certain that information would remain sealed from public view," Grudberg wrote the judge.   Additionally, Grudberg proposed that several Fairfield residents agreed to serve as back-up third party custodians to Anthony and Laura Sirianni, who have agreed to allow Perlitz to live with them in their Fairfield home on Congress Street home until his trial. Anthony Sirianni, a retired lawyer, is confined to a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis. These individuals would supposedly monitor Perlitz when the Siriannis could not.   Patel urged Margolis to require the $5 million bond be secured by cash or property and to reject the request of 12 rotating custodians.   Others like Marguerite Laurent, president of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network which has an office in Stamford, and Paul Kendrick, co-founder of the Maine chapter of Voice of the Faithful, which advocates for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, mounted a letter-writing campaign urging Margolis to keep Perlitz in custody. Both are expected to attend this morning's hearing.   Perlitz, 39, formerly of Fairfield, has spent this month jailed in the Wyatt Detention Center, Central Falls, R.I. He is under indictment on federal charges that he traveled overseas to engage in sexual conduct with young boys in Haiti. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Sibert, who has corresponded with the Connecticut Post via e-mail, contends there are many more than the nine abuse victims Patel names in the indictment.   "My reports indicated there are more than 20 victims," wrote Sibert, who said he has worked as a print and radio journalist since 2002 and is a member of five professional groups, including the Society of Professional Journalists. He began reporting the allegations against Perlitz in 2007 in Haiti.   He said U.S. investigators spoke to 12 victims and based their case on allegations from nine. He said the victims fear being killed "by people they don't know, people in the society and authorities who used to profit from Doug Perlitz."   Dow said Perlitz denies all these allegations and branded Sibert as a "shock jock ... whose familiarity with veracity is infrequent and insubstantial."   The defense lawyer maintained that for 13 years Haitian boys living on the street benefited from Perlitz's work "only to have it abandoned by people who sought to overtake the program for their own end."   Dow said the paperwork his office has filed in connection with Perlitz's bond shows there is "substantial and widespread" belief in his client's innocence.

Création d'Emplois, Libertés et Droits Individuels, et Sécurité Publique/ Joel Deeb Chairman

By Oct 26, 2009, 21:29 Email this article Printer friendly page Par Joel Deeb Chairman Omega Consultants & News 26 Octobre 2009 Un éminent économiste Haitien, le professeur Parnell Duverger, m'a dit une fois ceci : « la pauvreté est sans doute la face la mieux connue d'une médaille unique dans sa laideur, et dont l'autre face expose un chômage paralysant, sinon destructeur ». Evident, n'est-ce pas ? Sans aucun doute, surtout lorsqu'on est forcé de conclure que, pour le pays le plus pauvre de notre hémisphère, un programme intensif de création massive d'emplois productifs et rémunéteurs, doit être au coeur même de tout effort sérieux visant à réduire considérablement la pauvreté parmi nous, et détruire son long cortège de malheurs : absence de revenus, de logements et de soins de santé, malnutrition, analphabètisme, ...pour n'en citer que quelques uns. Dans une économie de marché, même comme elle existe en Haiti, la création massive d'emplois productifs et rémunérateurs relève principalement du secteur privé national qui, outre les entrepreneurs propriétaires de grandes ou petites entreprises, inclut aussi les participants au marché des ressources, ainsi que les consommateurs des biens et services offerts par les producteurs autant nationaux qu'étrangers. La haute intensité, l'énorme fréquence et la profondeur de la couverture géographique nationale des échanges ou transactions librement éxécutés par et entre les membres de ce secteur privé, entre autres choses, déterminent le rythme élevé ou non du processus de création de la richesse, axé sur le développement des ressources et de l'emploi productif. Privés de leur liberté d'agir et/ou de la jouissance, totale ou partielle, de leurs droits exclusifs de propriété sur leur propre personne et sur les biens économiques qu'ils produisent ou acquièrent, les agents privés d'une économie nationale de marché affichent une paralysie qui ne conduit, ultimement, qu'à la dégradation et le repli de l'économie nationale et à l'expansion du chômage. Qui se proposerait d'utiliser ses ressources propres ou personelles dans l'acquisition d'un bien économique quelconque sous le dictat d'une autre personne, d'un groupement ou d'une organisation, d'une part, et sans posséder, d'autre part., le droit exclusif d'exclure ou d'admettre, à sa guise, une participation quelconque à la jouissance d'un tel bien économique, par toute autre entité ? Et, qui consentirait à continuer à subir les rigueurs du travail productif, pour se voir forcé à remettre les fruits de cet effort à des kidnappeurs sans foi ni loi qui violent, rançonnent et assassinent sans pitié ? Le phénomène du kidnapping en Haiti, aujourd'hui, viole et réprime la liberté d'agir des agents économiques privés, ainsi que leurs droits à la pleine jouissance de leurs biens privés, deux fondements essentiels de l'économie de marché. Il maintient la société entière, avec toute l'économie nationale, dans une terreur paralysante qui détruit les meilleures vélléités d'investir, d'entreprendre, de créer des emplois, de travailler, et d'entamer sérieusement ce nécessaire processus de création de richesses économiques indispensables à l'éradication de cette pauvreté honteuse qui nous déshonore tous. Rétablir la sécurité publique en Haiti est donc une condition sine qua none, même si insuffisante, au développement des entreprises, de l'emploi et de l'économie nationale, et de la personne humaine. Dans cette perspective, le kidnapping, ou toute autre forme de terrorisme domestique en Haiti, doit être combattu résolument, courageusement, et avec la plus grande rigueur, jusqu'à une victoire complète, finale et sans équivoque de notre société. Joel Deeb Chairman Omega Consultants & News 26 Octobre 2009

Douglas Pelitz : Emission ''Lakou New York'' nan Tribinal Connecticut.

Mèsi pou entèvyou a jodia   Konpatriyòt Cyrus, N ap salye ou epi remèsye ou pou tan ak enfòmasyon ou te pataje ak oditè emisyon Lakou NY yo jodi a. Anplis fòk nou remèsye ou tou pou dilijans ou sou dosye sila a ki pèmèt jounen jodi a vakabon Perlitz gen dwa ap parèt devan jij. N ap prezan nan tribinal la demen. N ap ranmase son epi n ap fè foto. Nou disponib si ou ta enterese fè entèvyou pou emisyon pa ou lakay. Nou mete tout emisyon nou yo nan achiv nou nan entènèt la pou pèmèt moun ki vle koute nenpòt lè k bon pou yo. Men lyen ou ka ale pou koute emisyon jodi a. http://www.lakounewyork.com/emisyon10-27-09.mp3 fòs ak kouraj, Dahoud Andre

Direct from Okap: Lakounewyork interview with Cyrus Sibert on Douglas Perlitz case

http://www.lakounewyork.com/emisyon10-27-09.mp3 Madi 27 Okòb 2009 / Tuesday October 27th, 2009: Nouvel; Repòtaj Spesyal korespondan Lakou NY la Wilner Altidor ak Ernest Banatte (Met Bano) depi Okap sou dosye Douglas Perlitz la; Entevyou ak Jounalis Cyrus Sibert ki te premye mete enfòmasyon deyò sou dosye a; Konbit ak konpatriyòt Fritzner Pierre pou ankouraje kominote a deplase pou ale nan tribinal la Konektiket demen sou dosye a; Segman Istwa ak Kilti lakay ak Jean Claude Martineau (Koralen); Entevyou ak Berlotte Israel, responsab nan òganizasyon Dwa Fanm sou vyolans domestik nan kominote a ************************************************************** Forwarded by Ezili'sHaitian Lawyers Leadership Network ***************************************************************

Douglas Perlitz

October 27, 2009 Nate Nickerson Executive Director Konbit Sante Health Partnership Portland, Maine Dear Nate, I will be attending Douglas Perlitz's bond hearing in New Haven tomorrow. I will be joined there by U.S. and Haitian advocacy groups who do not want Perlitz released on bond. I would like to he able to tell them that Konbit Sante, the medical group from my hometown that has joined in partnership with the Justinian Hospital in Cap Haitian, has sent a letter to Judge Margolis requesting that Perlitz not be released on bail. Please contact me today. Regards, Paul Kendrick 207 838 1319

New motions filed in Perlitz case.

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Attorney Philip Allen Lacovara provides personal guarantee for safety of children

October 27, 2009 Philip Allen Lacovara Attorney at Law Mayer Brown Law Firm New York, NY Dear Mr. Lacovara, I do not understand why you have not responded to my request of two weeks ago. In my letter, I pointed out that you, your wife, Madeline, and nine other individuals signed a letter in which you declared that Doug Perlitz is innocent of all child sex abuse allegations brought against him. In addition, you said that the alleged victims are liars. Mr. Lacovara, you are a partner in a prestigious New York law firm. By signing the letter in which you defended Perlitz from any and all child  sex abuse charges, you have in a real sense provided a personal guarantee to moms and dads that their children are safe from Perlitz. You are also guaranteeing that if Perlitz is released on bond, no child in Fairfield County will be sexually molested by Perlitz and no child in Haiti will be threatened or intimidated by him. It appears you are willing to put your personal and professional reputation (and the lives of children) on the line for the sake of Douglas Perlitz.  You are willing to take risks with the lives of innocent children that I am not prepared to take. Where is your voice?  Do not be afraid.    Please issue a public statement that explains to concerned parents why they need not worry about Perlitz's presence in the community.  Paul Kendrick Freeport, Maine 207 838 1319       Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Kendrick <kendrickpt@aol.com> October 11, 2009 Philip Allen Lacovara Attorney at Law Mayer Brown New York, NY Dear Mr. Lacovara, In September 2008, you and twelve other people (including your wife, Madeline) signed a letter in which you argued that allegations of child sex abuse against Douglas Perlitz are false. Perlitz is the co-founder of Project Pierre Toussaint in Haiti. Three weeks ago, Perlitz was arrested in Colorado by U.S. Marshalls. As you know, there is also a warrant for Perlitz's arrest in Haiti for child sex abuse. In addition, Perlitz has been indicted  by a U.S. federal grand jury for nine counts of child sex abuse. Four investigative agencies, including the U.S. State Department and Homeland Security have compiled evidence of child sex abuse against Perlitz. Perlitz is currently attempting to be released on bond pending his trial. Perlitz's attorney is arguing that many people support Perlitz and believe in his innocence. You are one of those people, Mr. Lacovara. It is obvious that you don't believe one word of the victims' statements. It seems that you have evidence supporting Perlitz's innocence; evidence that none of the  investigative agencies know about. As such, you are willing to place Perlitz back on the streets of Fairfield, Connecticut. I suppose it's easier to put kids at risk when they're not your own. An ankle bracelet won't prevent a child molester from abusing again. An ankle bracelet won't prevent Perlitz from using prepaid cell phones to continue to threaten and intimidate his victims in Haiti. If you are willing to risk the lives of innocent children, Mr. Lacovara (you signed the letter defending Perlitz's innocence), then what is it that you know that we can tell parents in Fairfield and the children in Haiti to reassure them that no harm will come to them while Perlitz is free on bail? I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Paul Kendrick Freeport, Maine 207 838 1319

UNE DELEGATION D’HOMMES HAITIENS & CANADIENS DANS LE NORD D’HAITI.

Texte et Photos par Cyrus Sibert, Cap-Haïtien, Haïti. Radio Souvenir FM, 106.1 : souvenirfm@yahoo.fr Le Ré.Cit. (Réseau Citadelle) : www.reseaucitadelle.blogspot.com Une délégation d'hommes d'affaire haïtiens et canadiens dirigée par Kerlande Mibel et Reginald Saint-Fleur de la Jeune Chambre de Commerce Canado-haïtienne au Québec, encadrée par Junia Barreau, Vice Consul des Affaires Economiques au Québec et Frantz Liautaud de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Haïtiano-canadienne, est arrivée au Cap-Haitien le samedi 24 septembre 2009. Accueillie par Malherbe Dorvil, Président de la CCIPN (Chambre de Commerce d'Industrie et des Professions du Nord), elle a visité la Citadelle et a rencontré la presse locale. Au cours d'une conférence de presse organisée à l'Hôtel Roi Henri Christophe, les membres de la délégation qui participaient à la Conférence des Hommes d'Affaire de la Grande Caraïbe à Port-au-Prince se disent prêts à investir en Haïti. Ils cherchent des partenaires en Haïti. Selon les déclarations de Madame Kerlande Mibel, Présidente de la Jeune Chambre de Commerce Haïtienne au Québec (Canada) : « L'image d'Haïti change sur le plan international. Ce pays est aujourd'hui perçu comme une terre d'opportunité. C'est un marché vierge qui offre des avantages. Nous voulons être parmi les premiers arrivés. Après 1804, il faut faire la révolution économique » Plusieurs compagnies auront à travailler avec des partenaires locaux, sur des projets, dans des secteurs comme l'assainissement, l'agroalimentaire, la communication et le tourisme. Aux dires des membres de la délégation, ils ne sont pas des touristes mais des entrepreneurs prêts à investir avec des partenaires locaux, prêts à lancer seuls des entreprises qui n'existent pas encore dans le Nord d'Haïti, si les études de marché sont positives. Car, produisant déjà pour la région caribéenne, pour des pays comme Porto-Rico, Jamaïque, Bahamas…, cela ne pose aucun problème de venir s'établir en Haïti, l'un des plus grands marché de la région. Déjà, ils ont signé plusieurs accords de partenariat avec des entreprises établies dans la Capitale haïtienne. La délégation promet de rencontrer la presse avant son départ. RESEAU CITADELLE (Le Ré.Cit), le 26 Octobre 2009, 01 heures 33.