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Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Volume:
16
Issue:
3
635
Abstract:
On February 3, 2000, a Senegal court indicted Hissène Habré, the former head of state of Chad from 1982 to 1990, for human rights violations. The indictment marks the first time a court of another country has charged a former head of state with human rights violations.
Mr. Habré, a French-trained military tactician from northern Chad, received millions of dollars in weapons and equipment from the U.S. and France during his rule. In 1990, Mr. Habré, 57, fled Chad to Senegal after Mr. Idriss Déby overthrew him...[more]