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               1,000 Join Lawsuit Against Ex-Chad Dictator Habre

   by VOA News

   A lawyer says more than 1,000 people have joined a lawsuit against
   former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who is facing trial in Senegal.
   Jacqueline Moudeina told reporters in Dakar Wednesday that each of the
   people in the suit suffered at the hands of the Habre government, which
   ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990.
   Habre was arrested June 30 after living in exile in Dakar for more than
   two decades.
   He faces charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture. A
   Chadian truth commission has blamed Habre's government for the deaths
   of some 40,000 people during his eight-year rule.
   Habre's trial is expected to begin next year.
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