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Yvon Neptune's April 20, 2004 Letter From Jail (Pacot, Port-au-Prince,
Haiti) - April 20, 2005
By Prime Minister Yvon Neptune
From the time I left the Prime Minister's residence on March 12, 2004, up until June 27, 2004, the source of my insecurity had been the Government itself. When the Government had me arrested on June 27, up until today, not only did this source of my insecurity increase and became more direct, but even worse, the Government deprived me of my freedom of movement, together with my freedom to speak freely, with all the length and breadth and depth that the Constitution allows for this right to be exercised.
Even while in that hospital, however, my insecurity continued because of the Government's continuing refusal to set me free.
My friends, listen. On April 20, here is the information I had passed on: â€œâ€| this plot aims at keeping me in prison by all means for as long as possible; that is one objective. The second objective is to take me, no matter what the conditions, to Saint-Marc to continue the political humiliation. Friends, listen: while I was already into the fifth day of my complete hunger strike, on Thursday afternoon, April 21, having given me guarantees that nothing would happen to me, the United Nations Forces took me, against my will, to a supposed Prison Villa in Pacot, close to the General Administration and Inspection Headquarters of the Police, despite the fact that I had explained to the UN Representative that this was a trap that the de facto Government had set up to implement the death plan it had for me. Above all, I told them that I would maintain my hunger strike in the supposed Prison Villa as long as I was not set free.
Lè m te kite Primati a nan dat 12 mas 2004 rive jis 27 jen 2004, sous ensekirite m se nan pouvwa a li te chita. Lè pouvwa a arete m nan dat 27 jen, jis jounen jodi a, non sèlman sous ensekirite m pa bò kote pouvwa a ogmante e vin pi dirèk, men sa ki pi rèd, pouvwa a wete libète mouvman m, ansanm ak libète pou m pale nan tout longè/lagè/fondyè konstitisyon bay dwa swa a.
Grèv grangou mwen te tanmen apati dat 20 fevriye a, se te pou pouvwa a remèt mwen libète m e sispann lakòz ensekirite m.
Akòz pwomès Pouvwa a te fè kidedwa kòm kwa li ta pral libere m, mwen te aksepte kanpe sou grèv grangou a, epi al pran swen nan lopital Ajanten ki anba bannyè Minustah/Nasyonzini.
Men m nan lopital sa a, mwen te kontinye anba ensekirite Pouvwa a, epi pouvwa a te kontinye refize reban mwen libète m.
Se poutèt sa, pandan m nan lopital Ajanten/Minustah, mwen t ap goumen pou Nasyonzini pa foure m nan zatrap swadizan Vila nan Pako men pito egzije nan men pouvwa a libere m epi tou, pou pouvwa sispann mennase lavi m. Se anfas jwèt dilatwa ak koken pouvwa a, mwen te blije rekòmanse grèv grangou a pou pi rèd, e ki ap rapousib nan Prizon Pako a, toujou pou libète m ak sekirite m.
Mezanmi koute, nan dat 20 avril men enfòmasyon mwen te bay: â€œ â€| konplo sa a se chache pa tout mwayen pou kenbe m nan prison pou plis tan posib, sa a se youn, lòt la se trennen m kèlkeswa kondisyon an nan Sen Mak pou rapousib politik imilyasyon anâ€| â€? Mezanmi koute: pandan m te deja sou 5 jou grèv grangou total kapital, jedi apremidi 21 avril, ak garanti yo ban mwen anyen p ap rive, Fòs Nasyonzini yo mennen m, kont volonte m, nan swadizan Vila Prizon nan Ri Pako, tou pre Direksyon Jeneral ak Enspeksyon Jeneral Lapolis, malgre mwen te montre Reprezantan Nasyonzini yo, se yon zatrap pouvwa de fakto a mete pou l egzekite plan lanmò li gen pou mwen an. Sitou mwen te di yo, grèv grangou a ap rapousib nan swadizan Vila Prizon an, toutotan mwen pa libere.
Mezanmi: se konsa vandredi 22 avril granm ti maten, yon ekip 7 a 10 bouwo mwen rekont nan sistÃ¨m prizon an debake sou mwen ak lòd pou yo kondi m Sen Mak.
Mwen santi vi m andanje anfas bouwo sa a yo; mwen di yo, mwen gen 5 jou mwen pa manje, ni bwè, e mande yo pou yo kite m anpè paske mwen fèb. Lè yo ranmase ak fòs, mete m deyò epi seye minote m, mwen reziste pou lavi m, e mwen mòde youn pami kokenn bra ki t ap fòse minòt nan ponyèt mwen.
Yo trenbale m Sen Mak. Mwen vomi fyèl mwen sou tout wout la. Rive Sen Mak anyen pa fèt, swadizan Madan Cluny Pierre Jules, swadizan Jij enstriksyon an te deklare li p ap vini, paske l pa t enfòme.
Lè Reprezantan Nasyonzini yo resevwa enfòmasyon nan ki kondisyon e nan ki eta mwen twouve m Sen Mak, yo voye elikoptÃ¨ yo vin chache m, mennen m Pòtoprens, kote mwen resevwa swen nan yon anbilans Nasyonzini ki eskòte m jis nan swadizan Vila Prizon an nan Pako.
Grèv grangou a ap rapousib, pou m rejwenn libète m an sekirite, e pou pouvwa defakto a sispann mennase lavi m, pandan l ap kontinye pase diyite m anba pye.
Prizon nan Pako, Pòtoprens.
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