Chad: Senegal Bars Charges Against Ex-Dictator

Dakar — Senegal's highest court today ruled that Chad's exiled former president, Hissene Habre, could not stand trial on torture charges because his alleged crimes were not committed in Senegal.

Victims and their supporters protested the decision, which they said flew in the face of international law, and immediately announced that they would continue to seek Habre's trial in Senegal or elsewhere.

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