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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Questions and Answers on the Hissene Habre case
By raddho :: raddho@raddho.org :: 192 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Senegal, Chad

What have the victims just done?
What does the complaint allege?
What is the evidence against Habré?
Are there other charges against Habré?

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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Rights groups concerned over Habre trial
By raddho :: raddho@raddho.org :: 177 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Senegal, Chad

Rights groups Monday urged Senegal to try former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for war crimes after its justice minister said a conviction in Chad on similar charges could derail a planned trial here.
Justice Minister Madicke Niang said on Sunday that if Habre had already been convicted for the same crimes in his native Chad, then "he can no longer be judged in any jurisdiction in the world."
The comments raised questions about the political will of the Senegalese government to try Habre.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Rights groups push for Hissene Habre's trial
By raddho :: raddho@raddho.org :: 186 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Senegal, Chad

Rights groups raised the alarm regarding the long-awaited trial of former Chadian President Hissene Habré after Senegal's Justice Minister Madicke Niang raised doubts Habré could not be tried twice for the same alleged offences. Habre was sentenced to death in absentia in Ndjamena last week for "attacking the security of the state", even though he is currently facing charges in Senegal, where he has lived in exile since 1991.

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Monday, August 18, 2008
Exiled former president gets death sentence in Chad
By raddho :: raddho@raddho.org :: 184 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Chad

A Chadian criminal court on Friday condemned exiled former president Hissene Habre to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, judicial officials said.
The court also sentenced 11 Chadian rebel leaders to death in absentia.
All 12 defendants were convicted for having attacked the "constitutional order and the integrity and security of the territory."
Among the 11 rebel leaders convicted and sentenced was their overall leader Mahamat Nouri.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Violent fighting around Biltine
By raddho :: raddho@raddho.org :: 73 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Chad

The Chad rebels, who launched an offensive Wednesday in the east, took Monday at midday the town of Biltine to a hundred kilometers north of Abeche, the largest in the region (700 km l east of N'Djamena), announced the rebellion by AFP
Read our June 16 2008 Press Release

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