(Reuters)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Rights groups yesterday demanded Haiti arrest former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier for crimes against humanity after his surprise return from 25 years in exile.
Analysts said the arrival in Port-au-Prince on Sunday of Duvalier, who had fled in 1986 to escape a popular revolt, could only complicate the nervous uncertainty in earthquake-battered Haiti.
"Duvalier's return to Haiti should be for one purpose only: to face justice," said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director of the US-based Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said Duvalier, 59, should be put on trial for the killings and torture of thousands of opponents during his 15 years in power.
It appeared there were no outstanding arrest warrants against him.
"The widespread and systematic human-rights violations committed in Haiti during Duvalier's rule amount to crimes against humanity," said Javier Zuniga, special adviser at Amnesty International. "Haiti is under the obligation to prosecute him and anyone else responsible for such crimes."
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