April 16, 2016
Categories: France, History, Justice, Slavery, Sovereignty, United States
Tags: colonialism, development, Duvalier, occupation, slavery
Before the Haitian independence of 1804, brutal slavery went on for 300 years. During slavery the only institutions and infrastructure in Haiti were in function of plantation commerce and colonials’ habitat.When comparing Haiti to the DR, one difference is the formation of social fabric. Spaniards systematically raped women and killed man in most of the Spanish …
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February 5, 2011
Categories: Justice
Tags: Duvalier, prosecution
a new law went into effect in Switzerland allowing the government to claim dictators’ funds deposited in their banks and believed to be of criminal origin. Duvalier allegedly has up to $7.3 million deposited there. The statute is dubbed the “Duvalier law.” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay offered to assist in his …
February 5, 2011
Categories: History, Human Rights
Tags: Duvalier, human rights
“He inherited a system of government that was based on killing people,” said Jean-Claude Bajeux, a democracy activist in Port-au-Prince. “I think that was the tragedy of this guy: He was not aware of the monstrosity of what he was doing every day. To him, killing people and torturing people was normal life.”Human rights cases …
February 5, 2011
Categories: Politics
Tags: Duvalier
Duvalier, 59, made the trip just before a Swiss law that could entitle him to at least $4.6 million takes effect on Feb. 1. To collect the funds, he would have to show Haitian authorities aren’t interested in prosecuting him. Duvalier breaks silence as U.S. gets tough – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
February 5, 2011
Tags: Duvalier
By Jacqueline Charles PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (MCT) — Each time jailers returned him to his fortress of misery, Claude Rosier thought this might be it: the day he’d breathe his last breath, felled by a firing squad or wasted by dysentery. “You knew you were there to die,” he said. But Rosier never gave up hope …
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