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Arrest of Hissene Habre

Chad · Government / Government of Chad. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2000Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

2000

Hissene Habre25 January 2000

Government / Government of Chad

A complaint is submitted in Dakar, Senegal, against former Chad dictator Hissene Habre, it details 97 allegations of political killings, 142 cases of torture and 100 disappearances

Hissene Habre3 February 2000

Government / Government of Chad

Habre is indicted

Hissene HabreFebruary 2000

Government / Government of Chad

A Senegalese court indicts Hissene Habre, the former autocrat of Chad

Names involved

Hissene Habre

Provenance

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