Hissène Habré: Difference between revisions

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|fullname = Hissène Habré

|alias = Africa's [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]]

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Following his rise to power, Habré created a [[secret police]] force known as the [[Documentation and Security Directorate]] (DDS), under which opponents of Habré were tortured and executed.Some methods of torture commonly used by the DDS included; burning with incandescent objects, spraying of gas into the eyes, ears, and nose; forced swallowing of water, and forcing the mouths of detainees around the exhaust pipes of running cars. Habré's government periodically engaged in ethnic cleansing against groups such as the Sara, Hadjerai and the Zaghawa, killing and arresting group members in masses when it perceived that their leaders posed a threat to the regime. This gave him the nickname "Africa's [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]]".

It is also known that he will have developed a personal hatred against [[Muammar Gaddafi]] based on his regime's ambitions to conquer Chad, this is notorious when he personally tortured a Chadian citizen suspected of being Libyan for his light skin color.[[File:CHAD.jpg|thumb|Hissene Habre, frantic in his trial]]

It is also known that he will have developed a personal hatred against [[Muammar Gaddafi]] based on his regime's ambitions to conquer Chad, this is notorious when he personally tortured a Chadian citizen suspected of being Libyan for his light skin color.

The lawsuits against him are initiated in Belgium in application of the law of universal jurisdiction, which, although repealed in 2003, applies in this specific case (certain complainants have acquired Belgian nationality). Belgian justice issues an international arrest warrant, accompanied by a request for immediate arrest, 19 September 2005 and forwarded to the Senegalese authorities. After her arrest on November 15 and police custody for a few days, Hissène Habré was released, the Senegalese justice system was finally declared incompetent and the case reached the level of the African Union.

In July 2006, Senegal was mandated by the African Union to try Hissène Habré for crimes against humanity, war crimes and acts of torture. Senegal embarked on a series of legislative reforms and adopted a constitutional amendment to try the former Chadian dictator. The Senegalese authorities have suspended their legal actions, however, the support of the international community in general and the African Union in particular 8 of the total funds required for the trial, estimated at 27.4 million euros.[[File:CHAD.jpg|thumb|Hissene Habre, frantic in his trial]]

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. ”

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 Following his rise to power, Habré created a [[secret police]] force known as the [[Documentation and Security Directorate]] (DDS), under which opponents of Habré were tortured and executed.Some methods of torture commonly used by the DDS included; burning with incandescent objects, spraying of gas into the eyes, ears, and nose; forced swallowing of water, and forcing the mouths of detainees around the exhaust pipes of running cars. Habré's government periodically engaged in ethnic cleansing against groups such as the Sara, Hadjerai and the Zaghawa, killing and arresting group members in masses when it perceived that their leaders posed a threat to the regime. This gave him the nickname "Africa's [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]]".
-It is also known that he will have developed a personal hatred against [[Muammar Gaddafi]] based on his regime's ambitions to conquer Chad, this is notorious when he personally tortured a Chadian citizen suspected of being Libyan for his light skin color.[[File:CHAD.jpg|thumb|Hissene Habre, frantic in his trial]]
+It is also known that he will have developed a personal hatred against [[Muammar Gaddafi]] based on his regime's ambitions to conquer Chad, this is notorious when he personally tortured a Chadian citizen suspected of being Libyan for his light skin color.
+The lawsuits against him are initiated in Belgium in application of the law of universal jurisdiction, which, although repealed in 2003, applies in this specific case (certain complainants have acquired Belgian nationality). Belgian justice issues an international arrest warrant, accompanied by a request for immediate arrest, 19 September 2005 and forwarded to the Senegalese authorities. After her arrest on November 15 and police custody for a few days, Hissène Habré was released, the Senegalese justice system was finally declared incompetent and the case reached the level of the African Union.
+In July 2006, Senegal was mandated by the African Union to try Hissène Habré for crimes against humanity, war crimes and acts of torture. Senegal embarked on a series of legislative reforms and adopted a constitutional amendment to try the former Chadian dictator. The Senegalese authorities have suspended their legal actions, however, the support of the international community in general and the African Union in particular 8 of the total funds required for the trial, estimated at 27.4 million euros.[[File:CHAD.jpg|thumb|Hissene Habre, frantic in his trial]]
 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. ”