Update: Victims file claims against former dictator of Chad Hissène Hibré
Victims of Chadian dictator Hissène Hibré, featured in the film The Dictator Hunter, have initiated an important phase in the fight to hold him accountable for crimes against humanity. The charges represent a vital test of the newly reformed Senegalese legal system. Senegal has offered to prosecute Hibré for the killing of over 1,200 persons. Wealthy and living in exile in Senegal, the trial will cost an estimated 28 million Euros.
The prosecution begs several questions: what is the cost of holding a dictator accountable? At what point should such funds be invested in developing a nation? The argument seems to be that it is possible to accomplish both tasks at once: development and justice.
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