'We shall overcome:' a prison update from Haiti.(WORLD)(Brief article)

We ended our prison visit in Haiti on Martin Luther King, Jr. day. with Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste by standing hand in hand and singing "We Shall Overcome."

Fr. Jean-Juste has been in prison since July on sham charges by those wishing to silence his life-long voice for justice for the poor. and democracy for all. Amnesty International has designated him a prisoner of conscience. Many other human rights organizations have taken up his cause. Hundreds of religious leaders have signed letters to the President of the U.S. and to the unelected leaders of Haiti calling for his freedom.

Fr. Jean-Juste was in great spirits, frequently laughing. He admitted his neck and …