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The Marcus Garvey Organising Committee

Presents

The 10^th Annual

Marcus Garvey Afrikan Family Day

Saturday 20^th August 2011

12noon to 7pm at

Max Roach Park, Brixton

319-335 Brixton Road, London SW9 7ND

Trains: Brixton (Victoria line & BR); Buses: 3, 59, 133, 159 & 415

Libation, dancing, singing, drumming, poetry, children’s activities, dynamic speakers, solidarity messages, cultural performers, Afrikan market and foods

Come and join us on the day:

Bring your family and friends - Entry is free

6^th Annual Haitian Revolution Memorial Lecture

On the 220^th Anniversary of the Cayman Woods Ceremony

Friday 26^th August 2011 @ 6pm – 8.30pm

Henry Thomas Room (TG30)

Tower Building

London Metropolitan University

166-220 Holloway Road

London N7 8DB

Rail: Holloway Road station (Piccadilly line) is two minutes walk away, while Highbury and Islington station (Victoria line & British Rail) is 6-8 minutes walk. Bus: The 43, 153, 271 and 393 buses stop close to the tower building.

Entry is free

This year's lecture will be delivered by:

Mario Joseph

Mario Joseph, Haiti’s most prominent human rights lawyer, has led the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti since 1996. He and the BAI represent political prisoners and victims of political violence, train other lawyers to do the same, fights to make Haiti’s justice system work for poor people. He has often been the only lawyer who will take poor people’s cases for free.

Advocate of Haiti’s down trodden

Mario was the lead lawyer for the victims in the Raboteau Massacre trial (Haiti’s most complex criminal case) resulting in the conviction of 53 defendants, including the de facto dictatorship’s top military and paramilitary leaders. Three members of the military high command were deported from the U.S. to Haiti to face charges in Raboteau, including the former Assistant Commander-in-Chief, the highest ranked soldier ever deported from the U.S. He also provided expert testimony in the US court’s prosecution of Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel Constant (previously convicted in the Raboteau massacre case). These efforts contributed to a historic damage recovery of $430,000 for the Roboteau victims in May, 2008.

In defence of Haiti’s political prisoners

Under Haiti’s brutal and unconstitutional Interim Government (2004-2006), Mario represented political prisoners, including top former government officials, journalists and grassroots organizers. His courageous advocacy generated frequent threats resulting in his family being forced to leave the country and Amnesty International issuing an urgent action on his behalf in October, 2004.

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