Testimony resumes in Haiti's 'Baby Doc' case
Testimony resumes in Haiti's 'Baby Doc' case
By EVENS SANON, Associated Press | March 14, 2013 | Updated: March 14, 2013 4:56pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Testimony in the high-profile case of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier resumed Thursday, with another alleged victim describing abuses she says were committed under his rule.
Dr. Nicole Magloire told an appellate court about the broad influence wielded by the former leader known as "Baby Doc," and the alleged violations associated with his 15-year government.
Duvalier "was declared supreme leader of all the armed forces in the country," said Magloire, an opposition leader who fled into exile during that era. "He was in charge of the National Palace. He was in charge of the army. He was in charge of the country."
Magloire is the third person this month to testify about alleged abuses under Duvalier, a playboy strongman who inherited power from his father Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier and ruled Haiti from 1971-1986 with the help of the Tonton Macoutes private militia.
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