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11/26/2004:

"Death in U.S. Detention of Elderly Haitian Pastor"

Clamor For Investigation into Death in U.S. Detention of Elderly Haitian Pastor

WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (IPS) – Human rights and humanitarian groups are calling for a full-scale investigation regarding the November 3 death in a South Florida detention facility of an 81-year-old Haitian pastor four days after he had flown to the United States and asked for political asylum.

Church World Service (CWS), the relief arm of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican U.S. denominations, called the death of Rev. Joseph Dantica, who held a valid U.S. multiple-entry visa, "outrageous" and appealed for an end to the discriminatory treatment accorded to Haitians seeking refuge from the political violence that persists in their homeland.

Full Article : oneworld.net