Baby Doc Back in Haiti
January 19, 2011 by admin
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s surprise return to Haiti last Sunday has caused a stir in the country and the international community. Succeeding his father François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier served as Haiti’s dictator until he was driven away in a popular uprising 25 years ago. Since then Duvalier has remained in exile in France, and now his sudden reappearance in Haiti has left the world guessing. Is he back to recover looted money? To sway Haitian politics? And if so, in whose favor? Duvalier has revealed precious little about his rationale, but still insists, “I came to help my country.”
Human rights groups are calling for Duvalier’s immediate arrest, based on his regime’s torture and execution of dissidents, and his 25-year evasion of the Haitian justice system.
Read more from The Washington Post, and the following press release from The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.
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