2 minutes agoReleased from prison because of the virus, the former Addad dictator who killed thousands of people
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)A Senegal judge has given the former dictator of Adadi Hissene Habre two months off from prison. He is serving his life sentence for crimes against humanity. This decision was made because prison is being used as quarantine for new inmates. His lawyer, Mamadou Diaeara, had sought a 60-day break [...]
His lawyer, Mamadou Diaeara, had sought a 60-day break for Habre because of his age, he was particularly vulnerable “” from the body of the coronary.
Habre, who led Chad from 1982 to 1990, was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a trial supported by the African Union in the capital, Senegalez Dakar in 2016.
An investigative commission concluded that 40,000 people were killed by his regime.
After his fall, Habre fled to Senegal and for more than 20 years lived in a suburb of Dakar, with his wife and children.
Called “Pinochhet of Africa”, Habre was finally arrested in 2013 and tried by a special court founded by the African Union under agreement with Senegal. He was sentenced to life in prison.
