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 […]
January 19, 2011
Categories: Judicial, Politics
Tags: advocacy, prosecution
Jean-Claude `Baby Doc’ Duvalier’s return to Haiti stirs up troubled memories as advocacy groups call for his prosecution. Jailed under the Duvalier regime for more than four months, Miami playwright Jan Mapou first felt shock at the news that deposed dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier had returned to Haiti. Then, resignation. Now, disgust. Locked up […]