ARTICLE - VICTIMS OF DUVALIER REGIME

VICTIMS OF THE DUVALIER REGIME

List of victims at Fort Dimanche http://www.fordi9.com/Pages/Victlist/ListA.htm

Another source list of victims: haitiforever.com/bbs/mensajes/66.html

The extensive legal documentation of Mr. Duvalier’s crimes includes:

· A July 3, 2009 order from the First Court of Public Law, of the Federal Court of Switzerland, which notes that the Haitian government had informed it of current criminal proceedings against Mr. Duvalier as late as June 2008;

· The Decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District ofFlorida, Jean-Juste v. Duvalier, No. 86-0459, dated January 8, 1988, finding Mr. Duvalier liable for over $500,000,000 (U.S. dollars) for his misappropriation of public monies for his personal use; and

· An extensive accounting of Mr. Duvalier’s misappropriation of public funds conducted for the Haitian government by a U.S. accounting firm between1986 and 1990, establishing the theft of over $300,000,000 (U.S. Dollars) of public funds.

This legal documentation is supplemented by an extensive public record of Mr. Duvalier’s human rights violations, including the torture and disappearances of political dissidents at the Fort Dimanche prison.