![]() ![]() ![]() To the astonishment of many, Khadija looked Habré straight in the eye at one point, she offered to pull up her skirt to show the court the scar she had from when he jabbed a pen into her leg when she resisted. Khadija spoke in front of a court full of men, and the proceedings were being live-streamed. Habré, on trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture during his eight-year rule from 1982-90, was sitting just meters away from her in a leather armchair, clad from head to foot in a gleaming white djellaba and wearing dark glasses. When Khadija Hassan Zidane stood up in front of the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in Dakar in October 2015 and accused Chad’s former President Hissene Habré of having raped her on four occasions, the atmosphere in the room became electrified. Victims of Hissene Habré during a press conference held prior to the former Chadian dictator's trial. ![]()
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