Haití: ex dictador “Baby Doc” Duvalier interrogado en la justicia por abusos durante su régimen respaldado por Estados Unidos

In Haiti, former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has faced questioning in court for the first time over abuses committed during his rule in the 1970s and 1980s. Last year a judge rejected human rights charges against Duvalier, but lawyers for the victims have appealed that decision. Duvalier could now potentially face trial for illegal arrests, torture and politically motivated murders under his regime, which was backed by the United States. Nicole Phillips, an attorney with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, described one of the victims. I was sitting next to, for part of the hearing, Bobby Duval, who was one of Duvalier’s thousands of victims in this regime. He said that he had spent about 17 months in prison and that he counted, himself, 180 prisoners die while he was in prison, while he was being tortured. Muchas gracias por ver este reporte de Democracy Now! su informativo independiente diario. No aceptamos publicidad o financiación corporativa por lo que dependemos de la donaciones de telespectadores como usted. Por favor, haga su contribución visitando democracynow.org, necesitamos su apoyo hoy para continuar ofreciéndoles estos impactantes reportajes en profundidad.