Meanwhile, activist groups in the United States are organizing emergency vigils in an effort to save the life of the imprisoned ousted Prime Minister Yvon Neptune. He has now entered his second month of a hunger strike and is said to be in critical condition. After a series of meetings with Neptune and government officials, Democratic Congressmember Kendrick Meek of Florida proposed that Neptune appear before a judge to face charges brought against him by the US-installed government. Neptune and his supporters have demanded his immediate release. Neptune was democratically elected and was arrested after the Aristide government was overthrown.