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12/06/2004:

"Stop the killings in Haiti now - Myrtha Desulme"

A prominent member of the Haitian/Jamaican community has called for the return of democracy and the rule of law, as a matter of urgency, in the troubled French-speaking Caribbean nation.

Myrtha Desulme, daughter of the late Thomas Desulme, the Haitian who pioneered the establishment of the thermo-plastic industry in Jamaica, also called for a stop to political oppression in her country and urged human rights organisations and the media to "pressure the perpetrators to stop the killings in Haiti".

Full Article : jamaicaobserver.com