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Lawyers for former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre filed a complaint with the court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in October to prevent his trial for crimes against humanity...

Complaints filed with a Senegal prosecutor last week by fourteen Chadian and Senegalese citizens alleging that former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was responsible for war crimes and torture are merely "judicial persecution,"...

Fourteen Chadian and Senegalese citizens filed complaints with a Senegal prosecutor Tuesday, alleging war crimes and torture by former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre . Habre fled to Senegal after being overthrown in 1990, and last...

Senegal may drop charges against former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre who was sentenced to death in absentia in Chad on Friday, according to Monday media reports. Senegalese Justice Minister Madicke Niang said...

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre and eleven other rebel commanders were sentenced to death Friday in a Chadian court for crimes against the state after a mass trial in which dozens were tried. Habre...

Senegal has formally adopted a constitutional amendment giving the nation's courts jurisdiction over the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre , according to a Thursday statement by Human Rights Watch...

A coalition of international and African human rights groups Monday criticized Senegal for delays in the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre and called on the African...

The National Assembly of Senegal on Tuesday amended the Senegalese Constitution to give Senegalese courts jurisdiction over the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre , who is...

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will not go on trial this year for crimes against humanity, according to an EU official sent to Senegal to advise the court where Habre will be tried [press...

Peter Weiss and Jeanne Sulzer : "On October 26, while Donald Rumsfeld was attending a conference in Paris, a war crimes complaint based on his authorization for and encouragement of...