Comments on: The Missionary’s Position http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/05/the-missionary%e2%80%99s-position/ A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick Melnick http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/05/the-missionary%e2%80%99s-position/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Nick Melnick Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:58:30 +0000 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12252#comment-2730 Esther Armah "acclaimed international journalist" has a way of mischaracterizing this issue \ here's another point of view....& facts only, please: [Silsby says relatives of the children and an orphanage where the kids were staying gave the volunteers permission to take the children to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. Another lawyer for the Americans, Jean René Tessier, said he had gone through some of the documents prepared by the government against his clients and saw no basis for charges. "There's no reason to keep these people detained any longer," Tessier said. "People were talking more out of emotion than using the law. It's just good-hearted people who were doing a favor to kids who had no parents and no homes."] "Haiti to Free Baptist Kidnappers for Jesus for Lack of Criminal Intent" source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-02-08-haiti-missionaries-lawyer_N.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/world/americas/12haiti.html http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/02/11/haiti-to-free-baptist-kidnappers-for-jesus-for-lack-of-criminal-intent/ Esther Armah “acclaimed international journalist” has a way of mischaracterizing this issue
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here’s another point of view….& facts only, please:

[Silsby says relatives of the children and an orphanage where the kids were staying gave the volunteers permission to take the children to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

Another lawyer for the Americans, Jean René Tessier, said he had gone through some of the documents prepared by the government against his clients and saw no basis for charges.

"There's no reason to keep these people detained any longer," Tessier said. "People were talking more out of emotion than using the law. It's just good-hearted people who were doing a favor to kids who had no parents and no homes."]

“Haiti to Free Baptist Kidnappers for Jesus for Lack of Criminal Intent”

source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-02-08-haiti-missionaries-lawyer_N.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/world/americas/12haiti.html
http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/02/11/haiti-to-free-baptist-kidnappers-for-jesus-for-lack-of-criminal-intent/

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