Haiti's 'Baby Doc' quietly departs hotel

[Judi Lynn]

Source: By DAVID McFADDEN

Haiti's 'Baby Doc' quietly departs hotel
(February 11th, 2011 @ 11:30pm)
By DAVID McFADDEN
Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - As a political prisoner in the 1970s at Haiti's most dreaded lockup, Claude Rosier sat in his squalid, crowded cell and dreamed of the day that tubby, boyish dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier would face justice.

The 79-year-old, who was starved and tortured in the notorious Fort Dimanche and other prisons for nearly 11 years during the 29-year Duvalier family dictatorship, said Friday he is hopeful that long-awaited day of reckoning may soon be at hand.

"All I hope to see with the Duvalier case is justice. Not just for me, but so history does not repeat itself in Haiti," Rosier said at a Port-au-Prince hotel, where he joined another ex-political prisoner and a human rights lawyer to speak about the prosecution of Haiti's former "president for life."

Just 19 when he assumed power after the death of his infamous father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, in 1971, Baby Doc's 15-year rule was marked by torture, extrajudicial executions and the disappearance of hundreds of people. The strict order was enforced by the feared Tonton Macoute secret police, which killed and extorted from countless Haitians.

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[RandomThoughts]

1. Vododo doesn't bother me, but some people looked into that stuff over the years.

I don't follow that stuff, but understand it. Can't be used on me by its own rule set, and in the cases when it has been tried, pick up on it, no different then some other groups use.

Funny correlating article although the labels are Orwellian by action in those articles. Don't get stuck on a label trap.



A funny clip,


Kevin Smith's Dogma Boardroom Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWshPH_jsjQ

I always wondered if that was about wall street, or some comment on media?

To judgmental for me, but a funny scene. :rofl:

I don't believe in Voodoo either.

And I don't believe in fear either, but the point of the movie was they were trying to work out issues.

But what I find really fascinating, is Loki was around Thor, I find that interesting, and wonder how Norse myth got into that movie.

[sabrina 1]

2. Another 'friend and ally' of the U.S. And I read recently that Bob Barr

paragon of virtue that he is, is befriending Baby Doc and 'representing him to improve his image'. We have some very sick people in this country and it's way past time to start holding THEM accountable.

I truly hope that Baby Doc will be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity. And I hope all other dictators, in power or not, will also be held accountable. It is an absolute travesty that these vile human beings simply go off to the Riviera or somewhere to live out their lives in luxury with money stolen from their people, AFTER they are thrown out of their countries.

There really should be some law that says if you are country that is signatory to the Geneva Conventions you cannot harbor these criminals. This is why they keep coming back. There are no consequences for their massive crimes.