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|Image = | |Image = Hissene Habré.jpg | ||
|fullname = Hissène Habré | |fullname = Hissène Habré | ||
|alias = Africa's [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] | |alias = Africa's [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] | ||
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|occupation = President of Chad (1982 - 1990) | |occupation = President of Chad (1982 - 1990) | ||
|goals = Avoid being persecuted for his crimes (failed) | |goals = Avoid being persecuted for his crimes (failed) | ||
|crimes = Human rights abuses<br>Sexual slavery<br>Rape<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]] | |crimes = Human rights abuses<br>Sexual slavery<br>[[Rape]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Islamophobia]] | ||
|type of villain = | |type of villain = Sadistic Tyrant | ||
}}{{Quote|Down with the imperialists. The trial is a farce of Senegalese political parties. African traitors. Valet of America.|Hissène Habré}} | }}{{Quote|Down with the imperialists. The trial is a farce of Senegalese political parties. African traitors. Valet of America.|Hissène Habré}} | ||
'''Hissène Habré''' (born 13 September 1942), | '''Hissène Habré''' (born 13 September 1942 - 24 August 2021), was a former Chadian dictator ruling from 1982 to his deposal by [[Idriss Déby]] in 1990. His one party regime was characterized by widespread human rights abuses and atrocities. He denies killing and torturing tens of thousands of his opponents although in 2012, the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Senegal to put him on trial or extradite him to face justice overseas. He is the first former head of state to be convicted for human rights abuses in the court of another nation. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Habré was born in 1942 in Faya-Largeau, northern Chad, then a colony of France, into a family of shepherds. He is a member of the Anakaza branch of the Daza Gourane ethnic group, which is itself a branch of the Toubou ethnic group. After primary schooling, he obtained a post in the French colonial administration, where he impressed his superiors and gained a scholarship to study in France at the Institute of Overseas Higher Studies in Paris. He completed a university degree in political science in Paris, and returned to Chad in 1971. He also obtained several other degrees and earned his Doctorate from the Institute. | Habré was born in 1942 in Faya-Largeau, northern Chad, then a colony of France, into a family of shepherds. He is a member of the Anakaza branch of the Daza Gourane ethnic group, which is itself a branch of the Toubou ethnic group. After primary schooling, he obtained a post in the French colonial administration, where he impressed his superiors and gained a scholarship to study in France at the Institute of Overseas Higher Studies in Paris. He completed a university degree in political science in Paris, and returned to Chad in 1971. He also obtained several other degrees and earned his Doctorate from the Institute. | ||
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During the first days of the trial, Hissène Habré refused to cooperate and every day was forcibly brought to the Palace of Justice. The victims did not lose hope of speaking. “We have come to Dakar to look the dictator in the eyes,” said the victims, “who has the honor of hearing our testimonies, the courage to face their judges, to respond to the accusations. We want to ask him why we were jailed and tortured, why our relatives were killed. ” | During the first days of the trial, Hissène Habré refused to cooperate and every day was forcibly brought to the Palace of Justice. The victims did not lose hope of speaking. “We have come to Dakar to look the dictator in the eyes,” said the victims, “who has the honor of hearing our testimonies, the courage to face their judges, to respond to the accusations. We want to ask him why we were jailed and tortured, why our relatives were killed. ” | ||
On April 7, 2020, he was released for a period of 60 days from prison to remain under house arrest for cases related to the coronavirus pandemic and Habré's advanced age.There was enormous dissatisfaction with the release of said war criminal, the president of Senegal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macky_Sall Macky Sall] himself reassured the victims alleging that his position has no power to pardon Habre, since he was listed as an international convict. On June 7, his term expired and he returned to his cell. | |||
He died on August 24, 2021 in Senegal after being hospitalized by COVID-19. | |||
==Several notable survivors== | ==Several notable survivors== | ||
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[[Category:List]] | [[Category:List]] | ||
[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
[[Category:Elderly]] | [[Category:Elderly]] | ||
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[[Category:Usurper]] | [[Category:Usurper]] | ||
[[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | [[Category:Evil vs. Evil]] | ||
[[Category:Anarchist]] | [[Category:Anarchist]] | ||
[[Category:Power Hungry]] | [[Category:Power Hungry]] | ||
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[[Category:Cult Leader]] | [[Category:Cult Leader]] | ||
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[[Category:Chad]] | |||