Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Haiti: Advocacy groups urge for Duvalier prosecution

Jean-Claude Duvalier

Advocacy groups urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday not to drop a rights abuse case against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.

Amnesty International and the Open Society Justice Initiative said in separate statements that it is imperative for the former ruler known as "Baby Doc" to be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while he was in office.

Duvalier abruptly returned to his native Haiti in 2011 following 25 years in exile in

More details here...

No comments:

Post a Comment