Editing Hissène Habré (section)

===Trial in Chad===
On 15 August 2008, a Chadian court sentenced Habré to death ''in absentia''<ref name=Dubs>{{cite news |url=http://www.apaphoto.net/spip.php?article73391 |title=Habré's legal defence dubs Chadian court "underground, unfair" over death sentence |agency=Agence de Presse Africaine |date=22 August 2008 |access-date=3 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221100049/http://www.apaphoto.net/spip.php?article73391 |archive-date=21 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=Sentenced>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7563881.stm |title=Chad ex-leader sentenced to death |date=15 August 2008 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> for war crimes and crimes against humanity<ref name=Dubs/> in connection with allegations that he had worked with rebels inside Chad to oust Déby.<ref name=Sentenced/> François Serres, a lawyer for Habré, criticized this trial on 22 August for unfairness and secrecy.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|author=Thomas Fessy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20791090 |title=Hissene Habre: Senegal MPs pass law to form tribunal |publisher=BBC News |date=19 December 2012 |access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> According to Serres, the accusation on which the trial was based was previously unknown and Habré had not received any notification of the trial.<ref name=Dubs/> 14 victims filed new complaints with a Senegalese prosecutor on 16 September, accusing Habré of crimes against humanity and torture.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/01/28/african-union-press-senegal-habr-trial "African Union: Press Senegal on Habré Trial"], Human Rights Watch, 28 January 2009</ref>