February 24, 2005: Headlines: COS - Togo: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Saline Reporter: Peace Corps volunteers in 'stand fast' condition in Togo
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February 24, 2005: Headlines: COS - Togo: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Saline Reporter: Peace Corps volunteers in 'stand fast' condition in Togo
Peace Corps volunteers in 'stand fast' condition in Togo
Peace Corps volunteers in 'stand fast' condition in Togo
Peace Corps volunteers in 'stand fast' condition in Togo
By Tom Kirvan, Editor
PUBLISHED: February 24, 2005
Caption: Several thousands of Togolese women demonstrate for the return of the constitutional rule in the capital Lome, February 27, 2005. African leaders lifted sanctions against Togo after Faure Gnassingbe bowed to huge international pressure and quit as president of the West African country, the United Nations said on Saturday. REUTERS/Noel Koku Tadegnon
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The note was written before a series of demonstrations rocked the nation's capital, Lome, earlier this month after protesters battled with police over the installation of a new president. Three people reportedly were killed and dozens wounded when police fired at demonstrators protesting the appointment of the army-installed president.
"The Peace Corps immediately declared for their volunteers a 'stand fast' condition, which meant that all of the volunteers were collected from their posts and kept in a safe location for a period of time, with daily reassessment by the Peace Corps as to what should happen," said Kalian Liston from his law office in Saline. "Alternatives could have been to take them all out of the country, back to Washington, and decide from there. Instead, the situation seems to have normalized to the extend that the volunteers have been released back to their villages. Shayna herself went back to her village. With her irrepressible spirit, Shayna described her condition as not only just fine, but 'dandy." Then again, she was speaking to a worried dad."
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