African Union: Press Senegal to Extradite Habré

(Dakar) – The African Union (AU) should press Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium, a coalition of his victims and human rights groups said today.

African heads of state will come together in Equatorial Guinea on June 30, 2011, for an AU summit meeting. Senegal, on May 30, withdrew from talks with the AU to establish a court in Dakar to try Habré.

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