Former Haitian Leader’s Return Raises Impunity Issues, UN Human Rights Office Says

by Gary Kopycinski on January 18, 2011

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 January 2011 – The return to Haiti of former Haitian leader Jean Claude Duvalier clearly raises issues of impunity and accountability, the United Nations human rights office said today, adding that it was looking into the matter.

There are major issues surrounding Mr. Duvalier and the considerable range of human rights abuses that took place in Haiti during the 15 years that he was in power, the spokesperson for the UN Office of…