Verdict in Senegal makes Habré first former head of state to be convicted of the charge by the courts of another country
Hissène Habré’s victims waited 26 years for justice, and on Monday they got it.
At the culmination of a landmark trial of the powerful by the weak, the former dictator of Chad was found guilty of crimes against humanity, summary execution, torture and rape.
Habré, who was sentenced to life in prison in Dakar, Senegal, is the first former former head of state to be convicted of crimes against humanity by the courts of another country.
He is also the first head of state ever to be personally convicted of rape, according to Human Rights Watch, the organisation that was instrumental in bringing him to trial.
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