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After four Haitian refugees were found drowned off the coast of Florida, ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide denounced the U.S. policy of forcing Haitian boat people to return to their country, calling the policy a "floating Berlin Wall...
Members of Cambridge's Haitian community staged a candlelight rally last night to mark the third anniversary of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's election and to publicize a local voting rights campaign...
...gathering, which drew about 20 people, was sponsored by the Komite Kreyol, the Cambridge Eviction Free Zone, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin Haitian Club and the Campaign for Voting Rights...
Following the rally, supporters listened to speeches by members of the Haitian community, who spoke to the city council about the need for democracy in Haiti...
...struggle for voting rights in Haiti reminds us of similar struggles for voting rights here in America, a march to democracy which is yet incomplete," the resolution said. "This Cambridge City Council hopes that the struggles of the Haitian people will serve as an inspiration to those who fight for democratic rights in America...