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Rep. Waters Urges Bush To Intervene In Yvon Neptune’s Release

HeadlineMay 16, 2005

In Haiti — the country’s ousted Prime Minister Yvon Neptune has entered his 29th day of a hunger strike. He is reported to be near death. Neptune has been jailed without charges since last June. Congresswoman Maxine Waters and 14 other Congressional lawmakers have written President Bush urging him to seek Neptune’s immediate release in order to save his life.

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