ARTICLES RELATING TO HISSENE HABRE

Senegal, AU seal deal on Habre trial

2012-08-23 15:12

Senegal and the African Union have finalised a deal on how to try Hissene Habre, a former Chadian dictator who is accused of ordering thousands of people to be tortured or killed.

Senegal willing to try Chadian ex-dictator

2012-07-20 22:14

Senegal says it is willing to try Chadian ex-dictator Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity after the International Court of Justice ruled he must be tried there or extradited.

Senegal committed to Habre trial

2012-03-17 08:19

Senegal has told the United Nations' highest court that it is committed to putting former Chad president Hissene Habre on trial.

Habre willing to appear before court

2011-07-14 19:40

Chad’s former president Hissene Habre says he is willing to appear before an international tribunal to answer charges of atrocities during his 1982-1990 rule.

Chad open to Habre's trial in Belgium

2011-07-11 14:16

The Chadian government has signalled it could accept former president Hissene Habre being sent to Belgium to stand trial after Senegal reversed a decision to extradite the former leader back to Chad.

Senegal to send Habre back to Chad

2011-07-09 08:00

Senegal is to send former president Hissene Habre back to Chad, where he is accused of having committed atrocities during his rule.

Senegal, AU experts meet over Habre trial

2011-05-31 11:25

Experts from Senegal and the AU have held talks on creating an ad hoc international court to try Chad’s former dictator, Hissene Habre, for crimes against humanity, officials say.

Tutu, activists demand Habre trial

2010-07-21 20:04

South Africa's Desmond Tutu has led hundreds of rights groups in urging Senegal to try exiled Chadian dictator Hissene Habre.

Habre's ruling deferred

2010-03-17 21:18

A court has deferred a ruling on whether it can hear a suit against Senegal's efforts to try former Chadian president Hissene Habre for alleged rights abuses, officials have said.

Habre hearing begins

2009-09-24 14:02

The west African court has begun to examine a suit filed by Chad's former president Hissene Habre against Senegal, where he faces trial for crimes against humanity, his lawyer says.

 

Senegal, AU reach deal on trying Habre

2012-07-25 17:15

Senegal and the AU say they have reached a preliminary agreement on how to try a former Chadian dictator who is accused of ordering thousands of political opponents to be tortured or killed.

Habre to be tried in Senegal – Sall

2012-06-25 16:08

Senegal's president Macky Sall says Chad’s ex-president Hissene Habre, accused of mass murder, will not be extradited to Belgium but tried in Senegal.

Court rejects Habre extradition to Belgium

2012-01-12 10:54

A Senegalese court has rejected a Belgium request to extradite former Chad president Hissen Habre to Belgium to stand trial for alleged atrocities while he was in power.

Victims of Habre repression

2011-07-13 14:19

Past atrocities have brought together some of the victims of the repressive 1982-1990 rule in Chad of Hissene Habre, who is accused of crimes against humanity.

Senegal backtracks on Habre expulsion

2011-07-11 09:50

Senegal has reversed a decision to send former dictator Hissene Babre to Chad, where he faces the death penalty for alleged rights abuses, after the UN rights chief said he could be tortured there.

AU disregards ICC Gaddafi warrant

2011-07-02 22:23

The AU has called on its member states to disregard the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

AU wants Habre tried in Senegal

2011-01-29 14:00

The African Union has reiterated it wants former Chadian president Hissene Habre tried in Senegal by a special mechanism to be set up within that country's legal system.

Bid to prosecute Habre drags on

2010-04-09 13:29

Ten years after Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was indicted in Senegal for mass murder and torture, his case has yet to come to trial.

Court unable to hear Habre trial

2009-12-16 07:34

The African human rights court, in its first ever case, has ruled itself incompetent to decide whether charges against Chad's former president Hissene Habre should be dropped.

UN court Habre ruling hailed

2009-05-29 09:02

Senegal has praised a UN court decision to dismiss a Belgian bid to force the country to keep former Chad dictator Hissene Habre under surveillance until trial.

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