Former U.N. spokeswoman files criminal charges against Baby Doc, on grounds that she was tortured

Four Haitians accuse "Baby Doc" of torture, abuse

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Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude ''Baby Doc'' Duvalier (C) is seen inside the civil court house after being taken into custody by Haiti's police in Port-au-Prince January 18, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/St-Felix Evens

By Joseph Guyler Delva and Allyn Gaestel

PORT-AU-PRINCE | Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:19pm EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four Haitians, including a former United Nations spokeswoman, filed criminal complaints on Wednesday against former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, accusing him of crimes against humanity including torture.

The filings came a day after Duvalier, 59, was briefly detained and charged by a Haitian state prosecutor with corruption and embezzlement and other alleged crimes during his 1971-1986 rule. He returned unexpectedly to Haiti on Sunday from exile in France

Michele Montas, the former spokeswoman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said she and three other Haitians who were jailed during Duvalier's rule filed the complaints with a Port-au-Prince prosecutor.

"There are grounds not only to judge him for economic crimes but also for human rights abuses," she said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70H4BJ20110119

or did they just go to the same torture school??

are the Republicans going to denounce her over "Doc"?

Are they going to claim that she deserved it?