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June 24, 2008

"Africa's Pinochet" Still Eluding Justice

by Katie Vandever, Inter Press Service, Italy - Two years after the African Union mandated Senegal to conduct the trial of Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, who is accused of thousands of political murders during his eight-year reign, the prosecution remains in limbo, six human rights groups complained in a joint statement Monday.

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