{"id":7684,"date":"2015-07-22T05:28:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T05:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=7684"},"modified":"2015-07-22T06:01:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T06:01:13","slug":"habre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/habre","title":{"rendered":"The Former President Of Chad\u2019s Trial Descends Into Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The former president was not happy with the proceedings and was dragged kicking and screaming out of the courtroom.<\/p>\n<h2>An Interesting Case<\/h2>\n<p>Though his alleged crimes were committed in Chad, the trial is being held in Dakar, Senegal. This is the first time an African state has been prosecuted by a different nation. The African Union created this special tribunal so that Habr\u00e9 would be tried on behalf of Africa instead of the International Criminal Court, which has been criticized for unfairly targeting African leaders. Habr\u00e9 is being charged for killing and torturing thousands while he was in power from 1982-1990. The hearings are expected to take three months. There are about 100 witnesses waiting to give their evidence in Dakar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7686\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-habre_3381884b.jpg\" alt=\"Security personnel surround former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre inside the court in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, July 20, 2015. The trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, accused of overseeing the deaths of thousands, had a chaotic beginning Monday as security forces ushered the ex-leader into and then out of the Senegal courtroom amid protests by his supporters.(AP Photo\/Sophiane Bengeloun)\" width=\"700\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-habre_3381884b.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-habre_3381884b-481x300.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-habre_3381884b-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-habre_3381884b-85x53.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/03381\/chad-habre_3381884b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>He Believes The Trial Is A Farce<\/h2>\n<p>As Habr\u00e9 was being forced out of the courtroom by guards, he was shouting that the trial was a farce. <i>&#8220;This is not a trial, this is a masquerade! There is no trial. There are no lawyers. This is a false trial. Down with colonialism,\u201d <\/i>he exclaimed. He stated that he did not recognise the court and that the proceedings were <i>&#8220;a farce by rotten Senegalese politicians.\u201d <\/i>His supporters cheered as he was dragged out and the trial continued without him. There were also people in court campaigning for action against Habr\u00e9 and justice for his victims. The former president later said that he was being unlawfully detained and refused respond to the court. Nevertheless, the tribunal head Gberdao Gustave Kam has stated that Habr\u00e9 would be required to attend the trial.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7687\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-afp-v2.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-afp-v2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-afp-v2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-afp-v2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/chad-afp-v2-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/incoming\/article10404298.ece\/alternates\/w620\/chad-afp-v2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A Long Path To Justice<\/h2>\n<p>It is estimated that 40,000 people were killed under Habr\u00e9\u2019s presidency. His political police force is also accused of torturing citizens. It has taken a long time to get to this trial. The former president fled Chad when he was deposed in 1990. He was indicted by a judge in Senegal back in 2000. He has been in and out of prison for the last fifteen years. It has taken nearly twenty years for the alleged victims of Habr\u00e9\u2019s war crimes to get any justice. Senegal\u2019s national assembly was accused of stalling, but after president Macky Sall was elected they made a new law to create the special tribunal for this case.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7688\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CKJ09vbVAAEcrrC.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CKJ09vbVAAEcrrC.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CKJ09vbVAAEcrrC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CKJ09vbVAAEcrrC-302x300.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/CKJ09vbVAAEcrrC-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CKJ09vbVAAEcrrC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/moroccan-women-dress\">SEE ALSO: Two Moroccan Women Go On Trial For Wearing Tight Dresses.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only one day in, former President of Chad Hiss\u00e8ne Habr\u00e9\u2019s trial has already gone awry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Former President Of Chad\u2019s Trial Descends 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