Thanx for posting the info about Constant. Please remember that he was befriended by the Democrats as well as Republicans, who allowed him to stay in the U.S. and in NYC, while so many others were put in the internment camp in Guantanamo in the 1990s. I hope to join the picketers on May 6, and will ask the Brooklyn Greens to participate, too. The problem with attachments -- Yahoogroups does not send them if you are on "digest" (as I am). They are only distributed if you are on individual email. Nor does Yahoogroups store them (they stopped a few years ago). Mitchel Cohen --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stephan" <sgeras@...> wrote: > > Mr. LeFever, I get them, have for years in my outlook inbox, got this one > too. > > But here's the info minus the picture............ > > > > > > Emmanuel "Toto" Constant headed the > > paramilitary death squad known as FRAPH > > (Revolutionary Front for the Advancement and > > Progress of Haiti) during Haiti's 1991-1994 > > coup d'état, which claimed the lives of 5000 > > Haitians. FRAPH repressed resistance to the > > military dictatorship that governed Haiti during > > the coup d'état. Under the command of Mr. > > Constant, members of FRAPH orchestrated a > > systematic campaign of rape, torture, arson and > > executions against the residents of the poorest > > communities in Haiti. > > Mr. Constant fled Haiti to the U.S. in 1994 when > > a Haitian court issued a warrant for his arrest for > > murder and torture. From 1996 until his arrest > > by New York State authorities for mortgage > > fraud in 2006, Constant has enjoyed de facto > > political asylum and a comfortable lifestyle as a > > mortgage broker in Queens, NY, despite > > extradition requests from Haiti for his crimes > > against humanity and international outcry. > > In 2004, the Center for Constitutional Rights > > (CCR) and the Center for Justice & Accountability > > LEADER OF FRAPH > > For Crimes Against the Haitian People > > RAPE - TORTURE - MURDER > > 666 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012 212-614-6464 www.ccrjustice.org > > RALLY for HUMAN > > RIGHTS in HAITI > > Tuesday, May 6, 2008 > > 8:00am > > Supreme Court of NY State > > 320 Jay St (at Johnson St.) > > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > > Join us outside the courthouse on the first > > day of Toto Constant's trial for mortgage > > fraud to bear witness as Constant faces > > justice in the U.S. and to show solidarity with > > the Haitian people who anxiously await a fair > > trial for Constant's human rights abuses in > > Haiti someday. > > (CJA) filed a civil suit against Mr. Constant in > > New York on behalf of three women who > > survived FRAPH's campaign of violence against > > women, including rape. In 2006, the court > > found Constant liable for torture, including rape, > > attempted extrajudicial killing, and crimes > > against humanity humanity. He has been ordered to pay > > $19 million dollars in damages, which he is > > currently trying to get out of paying. > > However, Mr. Constant continued to live freely in > > the U.S. until he was arrested for mortgage > > fraud in July 2006. In 2007, after receiving > > information from Haitian and U.S. activists and > > human rights attorneys about Constant's past, > > Judge Gerges set aside the original plea bargain > > for Constant, over objections of the Department > > of Homeland Security, which was urging > > Constant's immediate deportation to Haiti. Haiti > > is currently fraught with an incompetent > > judiciary, a weak prison system, and a complete > > disregard for the rule of law. If Constant was > > deported to Haiti as a result of this plea, he > > would likely serve no time for his previous > > crimes of systematic rape, torture, arson and > > executions of civilians and would continue to > > wreak havoc on the people of Haiti. > > www.ccrjustice.org >