Court suspends ex-Chadian leader’s case

The case of Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre that began on Monday in Dakar, has been suspended until September 7, 2015, the president of the African Special Court sitting in the Senegalese capital, Gberdao Gustave Kam, said Tuesday.

The decision was taken just a few minutes after the start of the second day of hearing of the case in which the former Chadian leader is accused of war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity.

The decision was taken because Habre was present in court in the absence of his lawyers who boycotted the session on the request of their client.

The former Chadian leader has termed the African Special Court that was formed under the Senegalese judiciary to try him on behalf of the African Union (AU), as an “extraordinary administrative committee” that is “illegitimate and illegal.”

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