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The Haiti Support Group PO Box 29623, city: London E9 7XU, UK

Charles Arthur haitisupport@gn.apc.org website: http://www.haitisupport.gn.apc.org

The Haiti Support Group (HSG) is an association of individuals who support the Haitian people in their struggle for justice, human rights, and participatory democracy. It is a solidarity group based in the United Kingdom. The HSG was launched in June 1992 in the aftermath of the military coup d'état that overthrew the democratic government. Since the 1994 United Nations-sanctioned military intervention to restore the constitutional government, the Haiti Support Group has focused on developing contacts with grassroots and popular organisations in Haiti, believing that these organisations are the most dynamic and representative expressions of the Haitian people's desire for real democracy, justice and equitable development.

According to these grassroots organisations, although there is now a formal democracy in Haiti, in practice however the poor majority continues to be excluded from a meaningful participation in the democratic process. The Haitian people understand development, and how it is best achieved in their country. Yet the organisations that represent them have not been allowed to play a proper role in the development or implementation of policies for the economic, political and social reconstruction of Haiti. The Haiti Support Group monitors developments in Haiti, and disseminates information and advice to a wide range of individuals and organisations about the real issues and true context of the unfolding situation.