{{Short description|Haitian folk singer and activist (died 2020)}} '''Annette Auguste''' (also known as '''Sò Anne''' or '''Sò Ann''', {{birth based on age as of date|65|2006|1|10|noage=1}}<ref name=Amnesty>{{cite news|title=Release political prisoner Annette Auguste: 20 months of arbitrary detention|url=http://www.ijdh.org/AI%201-10-06%20Annette%20Auguste.pdf|accessdate=7 March 2015|publisher=Amnesty International|date=10 January 2006}}</ref> – 17 April 2020<ref name="juno7">{{cite news |title=Décès de Annette Auguste dit "Sò Anne", une militante d'exception |url=https://www.juno7.ht/deces-de-annette-auguste-dit-so-anne/ |accessdate=20 May 2020 |work=juno7 |date=17 April 2020}}</ref>) was a Haitian folk singer and activist.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Enjxf6y6LjUC |page=55 |title=Notes From the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti |last=Deibert |first=Michael |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-58322-697-1 |accessdate=16 February 2016}}</ref>
Auguste was one of the founding members of Fanmi Lavalas.<ref name="juno7" /> She was arrested by US Marines on 9 May 2004 and held in prison on claims of involvement in a December 2003 attack at the University of Haiti. Amnesty International called her a political prisoner and said that "Amnesty International believes that Annette Auguste is being held arbitrarily since the Haitian authorities have failed to produce any evidence to charge her and have failed to release her within the normal terms."<ref name=Amnesty /> Due to disagreements within Fanmi Lavalas, she left it and in 2015 ran for Senate with the Haitian Tèt Kale Party.<ref name="juno7" />
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