DAKAR (Ina) - issued a special tribunal African in Dakar on Monday sentenced a former Chadian President Hissene Habre , who is in front of her ten months on charges of "crimes against humanity" in the trial is intended to be a model for Africa, after a quarter of a century since the fall.
Hussain Habre, detained since June 30, 2013 in Senegal, where he fled in December 1990 AD , after theoverthrow of the current Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, supplements for "crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of torture."
the expected verdict in the Palace of Justice in Dakar as of 10.00 pm (local Baltoukitin and GMT), according to the announced "African exceptional courts" , which was formed under an agreement between Senegal and the African Union.
the trial began on July 20, 2015 in the presence of Habre , who was taken by force to the court he has refused to talk to them or defend all the same, what the Special Tribunal carry on the appointment ofthree lawyers ruled.
did not participate lawyers chosen by himself in the trial in accordance with his instructions, and one ofthem confirmed Ibrahim Diawara and called that they would not attend the sentencing hearing.
and ended sessions in the February 11 and the request of the defense then acquitted Habre.
On the previous day, the Special Prosecutor M'Backe Val life imprisonment demanded, saying that " therule of the level of crime , " which accuses them of Hissene Habre, describing the former president as a"really responsible" for the repression apparatus of the regime, especially the documentation and Security Directorate (political police).
this week , , Reed Brody , said the organization "Human Rights Watch" , who followed this trial, "required 25 years of work relentlessly by Chadian victims, so that this trial take place , " he said , adding: "this trial is a pivotal moment in the fight against impunity the most serious crimes. "
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