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The Toronto Haiti Action Committee and Students in Solidarity with Haiti invites you to a free Public Forum with Haitian attorney Mario Joseph of the Bureau Des Avocats Internationaux and Berthony Dupont, Editor of Haiti Liberté to discuss the current political and human rights situation in Haiti
Mario Joseph - Haiti's most prominent human rights lawyer and managing attorney of the Bureau Des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Attorney Joseph and the BAI work to improve the justice system in Haiti and to defend the poorest members of Haitian society. He has received international recognition for his courageous leadership and tireless service on behalf of political prisoners, victims of political violence, and the poor.
He is also a director with the American-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH).
Berthony Dupont - Editor of Haiti Liberté, a weekly Haitian newspaper written in Creole, French and English and distributed throughout Haiti, the U.S., Canada and Europe offering news and analysis of Haitian affairs by some of the foremost writers and intellectuals in Haiti and its diaspora.
Co-sponsor: CESAR
For more information contact the Toronto Haiti Action Committee at torontohaitiaction@gmail.com
