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| Jean-Claude Duvalier, former Haitian dictator, dies aged 63 | Jean-Claude Duvalier, former Haitian dictator, dies aged 63 |
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| The former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as Baby Doc, has died of a heart attack aged 63. | The former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as Baby Doc, has died of a heart attack aged 63. |
| The ex-president’s lawyer, Reynold Georges, says he died at home in Port-au-Prince of a heart attack on Saturday. | The ex-president’s lawyer, Reynold Georges, says he died at home in Port-au-Prince of a heart attack on Saturday. |
| After inheriting power from his father in 1971 when aged 19, Duvalier fled into exile in 1986 after a popular uprising. | After inheriting power from his father in 1971 when aged 19, Duvalier fled into exile in 1986 after a popular uprising. |
| Following 25 years in exile in France, Duvalier returned to the country in January 2011 and was briefly detained on charges of corruption, theft and misappropriation of funds. | Following 25 years in exile in France, Duvalier returned to the country in January 2011 and was briefly detained on charges of corruption, theft and misappropriation of funds. |
| A Haitian court ruled in February that Duvalier could be charged with crimes against humanity under international law, and that he could also be held responsible for abuses committed by the army and paramilitary forces under his rule. | |
| Duvlier consistently denied any responsibility for abuses committed while he was in office. | |
| The dictator, who called himself “president for life”, was notorious for failing to address the poverty and illiteracy of Haitians, while he and his friends indulged in a luxurious lifestyle. | |
| Duvalier relied on terror in the style of his father, Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, a former country doctor who employed paramilitary secret police agents and exploited popular superstitions surrounding the native voodoo religion. |