Concannon and Joseph said, all the work they do, is the result many people: other lawyers in their

This article describes very well what has passed in Salem Awards ceremony of 23 March 2014 The author talks about the history IJDH and BAI, tale Salem's Awards, and who spoke at the ceremony. Prices for 2 attorneys to fight for human rights in Haiti!
Mario Joseph, director of the Bureau of BAI (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, and Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy trt15 in Haiti (IJDH) http://www.ijdh.org/, which are partners etazinizyen BAI, received 22zyèm "Salem Prize" for their work in Haiti and the United States led to human rights and justice for Haitian.
Salem is a city on the Atlantic Ocean coast, 26 kilometers north of the city Boston. In 1692, the town was part of the colony to England to call him the "Massachusetts," and a leader who was under control various interpretations radical trt15 Protestant religions to call "Puritan." In a vague history, hundreds of people had come under investigation "sorcellerie." There were a series suit was sentenced 19 people - nearly all were women - for lanmoò penalty. They hang them. A 20th refused to talk. He died under pressure boulders were placed on it to try to force him to talk.
In his introduction speech, Julie Rose, blended Fondasy On, f sh le public know a little about the work IJDH and BAI: in defending victims Duvalier regime, the complaint against the UN caused cholera, to defend ouvriy cardiovascular ouvriy finds that p EDI jobs.
While he remembers those who dared to criticize the trial Salem, Congressman John Tierney (D-MA) said he was proud his agency attorney, including 2 who would find the prices. "We, as lawyers, our job is to stand up for justice," he said. "We all wish the international community continue to stand shoulder-shoulder with you."
Patricia Meservy, president of Salem State, among the largest trt15 public universities in the state, has asked the UN to admit the responsibility of bringing cholera, while she greeted 2 attorneys. "They used education rights and made it into yin public assets," according to her.
Among others who spoke, was mayor and Salem 2 Salem State student, one Haitian-American who was born in the U.S., and another who was born Jeremiah. "I appreciate trt15 all they do for Haiti," Kinnflo Michel, whom Jeremiah said. One student in recent years, Michel studied justice. He talked Massacre Jeremiah was born in 1964, and acts on UN soldiers do, including trt15 the rape of women and men and the murder in 2005 of simple citizens Sitecolèy. She noticed, trt15 there was no justice in any of these cases. Michel said, one of the biggest problems in Haiti are people trt15 afraid to take a stand.
"Many adult children of Haiti says' if you see something - not to speak it; you think something - does not speak it, "he said. "However, there are people with courage, trt15 not afraid to speak." This person is Mario Joseph, "according to Michel, who wish back when attorney after graduating. trt15
In their speeches, Concannon trt15 and Joseph trt15 talk about crime and human rights violations in wages in 1692, and to make comparisons with the lack of justice and violation of human rights in Haiti, until today. In 1692, several people - including a judge whose name Cotton Mather - knew very well what would occur Salem were not accurate. trt15 "Similar trt15 to Cotton Mather, the UN knows what they are doing [on record cholera]," he said.
Concannon and Joseph said, all the work they do, is the result many people: other lawyers in their team, trainees, and volunteers, along with the financial providers that rely to varying job. When the presentation was finished, all the public has a standing ovation for several minutes.
After Mario Joseph said, the price is important to many. "It's important because this work provides us visibility. When we consider the dangers of the work we do, it's important, "he said. Loske international knowledge, this gives us a little protection and greatly encouraged, because trt15 we see, people are aware of our work empire.
Currently, there are 7 lawyers and 3 intern at BAI, according to Joseph. Are implicated in more than 100 cases, including workers fired and people were tents and placed in tenure illegally. Recently, various national and international human rights organizations asserted threats and dangers for those working in the area of human rights. On 8 February, Daniel Gaillot founding member of Groupe alternative justice (GAJ) and coordinator platform des Organisations Haitiennes of Human Rights (POHDH), and his wife were shot dead killer. Moreover, last year human rights lawyer Patrick Florvilus received many meas for his work, a, according to Amnesty International.
Among other individuals and institutions who received Salem Prize, won Morris Dees, founder of Southern Poverty Law Center, City Life / Vida Urbana, an organization that fights for economic justice and housing in the Boston area, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers who fight for rights WORKERS 'STRUGGLE trt15 Agriculture.
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