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UN gives Senegal Habre deadline
Date: 5/19/2006 10:14:27 AM Sender: BBC

                                                    UN gives Senegal Habre deadline  

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   Hissene Habre＇s regime is
   accused of murders and torture

A UN panel has given Senegal 90 days to put former Chad President Hissene Habre on trial or send him to Belgium to face trial for alleged human rights abuses.
The United Nations Committee Against Torture said Senegal had broken international human rights rules by not dealing with Mr Habre for 15 years.
Last year, a Senegalese court ruled that it did not have the power to decide whether he should be extradited.
Senegal then referred the case to the African Union, which is still to rule.
Mr Habre is wanted in Belgium for alleged abuses committed under his rule between 1982 and 1990.
Alleged victims filed complaints under Belgium＇s universal jurisdiction law, which allows judges in Brussels to prosecute human rights offences anywhere.
＇Soap opera＇
Reed Brody of the lobby group Human Rights Watch, who also acts as a lawyer for Mr Habre＇s alleged victims, welcomed the UN panel＇s decision.
"This ruling means that Senegal cannot allow Hissene Habre to escape justice," he said.
"The UN decision puts the law back into a case that was becoming a political soap opera."
Mr Habre＇s administration has been accused of murdering and torturing political opponents.
He denies any knowledge of atrocities.



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