Drèd Wilmè Speaks

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Turning Haiti into a Penal colony
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Photo:AUMOHD - Press conf. with over 200 Site Soley victims, May 3, 2006

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Emmanuel Dread Wilme Reported killled by UN troops July 6, 2005 by Ezili Danto, Li led li la, July 8, 2005
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Drèd Wilmè speaks - an interview on April 4, 2005 with Emmanuel "Drèd Wilmè (English and Kreyol)- Audio

Haitian Children Put in Chains by the Whites: Remembering How The UN dropped bombs on Haitian civilians in Site Soley last July, 2005, then put the wounded in chains. Interview of Witnesses, direct from Haiti

Translation of excerpts of a July 5, 2006 Radio Levekampe Broadcast from Kreyol original into English by Frantz Jerome, Ezili Danto Witness Project, July 5, 2006

*(Listen to original Kreyol audio)

Haitian Field Reporter, reporting on July 5, 2006 direct from Haiti: …No matter what, Gerard Latortue must be made to give some answer, in a court of law, because his regime committed too many crimes in Haiti. It is incomprehensible the amount of blood they have spilled, so many times, in Haiti. And, on the dates of 4th, 5th and 6th of July, Haitian blood flowed heavily and many people were wounded by bullets in many different parts of the metropolitan area.

Photo:AUMOHD. Press conference with over 200 Site Soley victims, May 2006

In the area of Martissant, near the national theater. In the area of the cathedral, in Port au Prince. In the area of the airport. People were wounded and went to seek attention at the emergency room of the general hospital.

Here are excerpts of interviews done last year with people who were wounded.

Site Soley Witness # 1 (wounded on July 4, 2005 from UN bullets, went to MINUSTHA to report being shot, was referred to emergency room of the general hospital on and then placed in chains by UN soldiers.)

James Charles, witness #1: …my parents were here… yesterday they were here. They will be back…

Haitian Field Reporter: Well, you seem to be about 15-years-old and you are in chains… what happened?

Witness: I was sent here by the whites [MINUSTHA]. The whites sent me here. They had said that I should come see them, for people had contacted them after I got shot. The whites call here [the hospital] and said that I should go there. I came. I have been here since Monday at 1pm. Meaning that I spent Monday, Tuesday… Tuesday morning my mother came down to sell [apparently as a small ambulatory merchant] and she said that she would come and visit me. On Tuesday afternoon…

Haitian Field Reporter: How old are you?

Witness: I am fifteen.

Haitian Field Reporter: What is your name?

Witness: My name is James Charles.

Haitian Field Reporter: Where do you live?

Witness: I live at rue St Martin, behind Maitre Pierre.

Haitian Field Reporter: I see that you have been chained, what happened?

Witness: The directors sent me here… the whites sent me here. I spent a day-and-a-half here and then they came and put the chain to my feet.

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Max Jean-Marie, witness #2 (Wounded on Friday, July 8, 2005 by UN bullets, chained to hospital bed when went in for medical care.)


Haitian Field Reporter: You have received a bullet as well?

Witness: Yes. While coming from the airport area. From my sister’s home, going to buy a pair of sandals. When I reached the main crossroad, I got hit by a bullet.

Haitian Field Reporter: Which day did you get wounded?

Witness: I was wounded on Friday.

Haitian Field Reporter: How many times were you hit?

Witness: Once.

Haitian Field Reporter: Once? Well, I see that you are in chains, who chained you?

Witness: The whites…(inaudible) brought me here and the commissioner upstairs is the one who put me in chains.

Haitian Field Reporter: What is your name?

Witness: My name is Max Jean-Marie.

Haitian Field Reporter: Where do you live?

Witness: I live in the area of the airport.

Haitian Field Reporter: The police chained you?

Witness: Yes.

Haitian Field Reporter: Why?

Witness: I don’t know why they chained me.

Haitian Field Reporter: Where there a lot of bullets?

Witness: Yes there were a lot of bullets and people were running towards me, so I started to run as well and that is when I got hit.

Haitian Field Reporter: How is your life going?

Witness: I’m not living well at all. I am a kid. My parents send me to school. I am doing bad because I should never have been put in this situation.

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Dario, Witness #3

Haitian Field Reporter: Where did the bullet hit you?

Witness: In my leg.

Haitian Field Reporter: Where were you?

Witness: In the area of Martissant 1.

Haitian Field Reporter: What is your name?

Witness: My name is Dario.

Haitian Field Reporter: Where are you from?

Witness: I come from Archaye

Haitian Field Reporter: What were you doing when you got hit?

Witness: I was leaving my house to go to work.

Haitian Field Reporter: Was there a lot of shooting?

Witness: No, there was no shooting. There was nothing. It is because of my overgrown hair. I had tied my hair. When the police came to the area, they saw my hair tied and asked me to get out of the car. They took me to the precinct in Martissant. They searched and found nothing on me.

Since they put me in an unsecured area, I tried to sneak out. The police who saw me shot me in the leg, broke my leg. When they took me here (the hospital) they put the chains on my feet.

Haitian Field Reporter: The police put the chains on?

Witness: Yes.

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Haitian Field Reporter: There you have it. Those who strike forget, but those who carry the scars always remember. On the dates of July 4th, 5th, 6th, 2005, many people suffered bullet wounds. In the area of Bwa Nèf, the area of Site Solèy, it was a real massacre.

We have learned that there are Haitians who are interested in commemorating these events, especially July 6th, when they are planning a picket line, which proves that there are thinking Haitians for the sake of the Haitians in Haiti, their brothers and sisters. Such action is encouraging.

Tomorrow, we will go to Site Solèy to collect testimonies, in the realm of the many activities planned in Bwa Nèf. They already have a big exhibition of pictures of Drèd Wilme and many other citizens victimized.

Truly, (the Latortue government) is one government that has (killed) many people.

END OF EXCERPT

(Listen to original Kreyol audio)

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Drèd Wilmè speaks - an interview on April 4, 2005 with Emmanuel "Drèd Wilmè (English and Kreyol) - Audio

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Expose the Lies of the International Community
about Haiti, its people and resources

Expose how under the cover of "Aristide-is-corrupt-refrain," with this weapon
of mass distraction and Bush “regime change to bring Haiti justice and democracy," the powerful countries of France, Canada and US, with UN soldiers as their corporate army, have turned Haiti into a penal colony for the Haitians masses and are tying Haiti to endless IMF/World Bank debts while looting and plundering Haitian assets and resources. Demand the International coup d'etat supporing countries and enforcers, not Rene Preval, set the political prisoners free,end the UN occupation, return Haitian assets to the people of Haiti by Marguerite Laurent, June 26, 2006, Haitian Perspectives
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KREYOL: HLLN Apèl pou Aksyon - Mande pou solda Nasyonzini yo sispann
touye inosan nan popilasyon sivil la e sispann ak lòt zak maspinay yo ap
fè sou pèp Ayisyen. Mande Pou Okipasyon ak Represyon Nasyonzini an
Sispann

ENGLISH: HLLN Action Alert -Demand UN soldiers stop killing innocent
Haitian civilians and brutalizing the Haitian public. End the UN occupation of
Haiti.

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