Reed would send me emails saying, “we’re having another press conference, can you come to it?”. And back then it really seemed quite hopeless. He was trying to prosecute the former Chadian president Hissène Habré, who was living in exile in Dakar, Senegal.
As a BBC correspondent in Chad in 2008, I met Reed Brody and I worked with some people from the Human Rights Watch. She attended the trial and later wrote a book, The Trial of Hissène Habré: How the People of Chad Brought a Tyrant to Justice. As part of our #MyJustice series, Justice Hub: asked Celeste Hicks why she wrote it:Ĭeleste Hicks: Really simply it was just an amazing story from start to finish. British freelance journalist Celeste Hicks was the BBC’s correspondent in Chad. It was remarkable for many different reasons. The trial was held in Senegal under an agreement between Senegal and the African Union. Three years ago, former Chadian president Hissène Habré was found guilty of rape sexual slavery and ordering the killings of 40,000 people during his time as president.
0 kommentar(er)
