Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, heard by the court Tuesday, January 18 in Port-au-Prince and in particular accused of corruption, since Wednesday is the subject of four complaints of crimes against humanity. One of these complaints was filed by the Haitian journalist Michele Montas, a former spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."We have complaints of crimes against humanity before the government commissioner," said Michele Montas, adding that the case would be forwarded to a judge. Other plaintiffs include two former political prisoners, Alix Fils-Aime and Claude Rosiers, jailed for ten years during the dictatorship, and Nicole Magloire.
Michele Montas, whose late husband, journalist Jean Dominique, had been intimidated and forced into exile during the Duvalier regime had itself been forced to leave the country by relatives of the dictator after the destruction of Radio Haiti, where she worked. "We complained to false imprisonment, exile, destruction of private property, physical and moral torture, violation of civil and political rights," she listed, after meeting with the commissioner of the government (Attorney General) Augustus Aristides.
Others are preparing to file complaints against the former dictator in Haiti Sunday after income twenty-five years of exile in France and charged Tuesday for bribery, embezzlement and conspiracy, before being left liberty by the Haitian justice.
- Press Release: Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and Bureau des Avocats Internationaux Call for Duvalier's Arrest (en,fr) (17/01/2011)
- Former Haitian Dictator Sued For Torture, Crimes Against Humanity - RTT News (20/01/2011)
- Haitians File Suit Against Duvalier - Wall Street Journal (20/01/2011)
- Duvalier: I have no presidential ambitions - MiamiHerald.com (20/01/2011)
- Haitian Police Escort Former Dictator Duvalier From Hotel (18/01/2011)
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