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Chad court sentences Habre-era police officers for torture

March 25, 2015 10:08:16 AM

A criminal court in chad on Wednesday sentenced seven ex-police officers to life in prison for crimes committed during the rule of dictator Hissene Habré . The former members of Habre's Directorate of Documentation and...

November 10, 2014 12:25:47 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for the trial of 26 former state security agents of Chad dictator Hissene Habre to be carried out in a "fair and transparent manner."...

October 18, 2014 02:12:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Roland Adjovi, Assistant Professor at Arcadia University, discusses some of the possible implications of the recent arrest and accusations levied toward Martina Johnson ...Martina Johnson joined the National Patriotic Front of Liberation (NPFL) of Charles G. Taylor...

July 19, 2013 10:33:09 AM

More than 1,000 victims of former Chad dictator Hissene Habre filed for civil party status on Thursday, asking the Extraordinary African Chambers of Senegal to offcially recognize them as parties with an interest in the...

July 3, 2013 10:11:21 AM

Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre was charged by Senegalese prosecutors on Monday with war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. Habre will appear before the Extraordinary African Chambers , a special court set...

July 1, 2013 11:30:44 AM

Senegalese police on Sunday detained former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre . Habre has been under house arrest in Senegal since 2005. Senegal and the African Union (AU) signed an agreement in...

May 17, 2013 12:30:14 PM

The Chad public prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday that it has arrested Mahamat Djibrine, a former political police chief suspected of torture and hundreds of politically motivated killings in the 1980s. Djibrine was in charge of the Directorate of...

May 6, 2013 02:49:32 PM

Senegal Justice Minister Aminate Toure and Chadian Justice Minister Jean-Bernard Badare signed an agreement Friday allowing Senegalese judges to carry out investigations in Chad in preparation for the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

February 8, 2013 12:14:39 PM

Senegal's newly-created Extraordinary African Chambers officially opened on Friday to prepare for the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre . Senegal's national assembly adopted a law in December allowing for the creation of the special tribunal [JURIST...

January 17, 2013 09:57:25 AM

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will stand trial next month for alleged crimes against humanity, Senegal's Justice Minister Aminata Toure confirmed Tuesday. Senegal's national assembly adopted a law in December allowing Senegal to create a special tribunal...

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