Throughout the historic nine-month trial, nearly 100 survivors testified about their horrific suffering under former Chadian President Hissene Habré. They described mass graves, prison cells shared with decomposing corpses, sex trafficking, and excruciating torture. And on Monday, they shed tears when they learned of the guilty verdict.
The Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal sentenced Habré, the dictator of Chad from 1982 to 1990, to life in prison for crimes against humanity, torture, and rape — a victory for the survivors and their families....
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/06/02/3783891/hissene-habre-us-foreign-policy/
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