Friday, 17 July 2015
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Senegal: Trial of Chad Ex-Dictator Begins
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(Dakar, July 17, 2015) – The trial of Chad’s former dictator Hissène Habré is a victory for the victims of his government, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial will begin on July 20, 2015, almost 25 years after he was overthrown. “The opening of Hissène Habré’s trial, 25 years after he fled Chad, is a tribute to the survivors of his brutal rule who never gave up fighting for justice,” said Reed Brody, counsel at Human Rights Watch who has worked with the victims since 1999. “This case warns despots everywhere that if they engage in atrocities they will never be out of the reach of their victims.”
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