What is Hissène Habré?
[[Image:President Hissène Habré of Chad.jpg|thumb|Habré in 1987]] '''Hissène Habré''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar|حسين حبري}} ''Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī'',&nbsp;[[Chadian Arabic]]: {{IPA-ar|hiˈsɛn ˈhabre|pron}}; {{IPA-fr|isɛn abʁe}}; 13 August 1942 &ndash; 24 August 2021), also spelled '''Hissen Habré''', was a [[Chad]]ian politician who served as the [[President of Chad]] from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990. [[France]] and the [[United States]] gave them training, arms, and financing to rule Chad. In May 2016, Habré was found guilty by an international court in [[Senegal]] of human-rights abuses, including rape, sexual slavery, and ordering the killing of 40,000 people, and sentenced to life in prison. He is the first former head of state to be convicted for human rights abuses in the court of another nation. In 2020, during the [[coronavirus pandemic]], he was released from prison so that he would not catch [[COVID-19]]. He went into house arrest for 60 days.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/africa/Hissene-Habre-chad-senegal.html|access-date=May 8, 2021|title=Chad's Ex-President, Sentenced to Life, Given Temporary Reprieve From Prison|date=April 6, 2020|author=Ruth Maclean|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> Habré died in [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] from [[COVID-19]] on 24 August 2021, one week after his 79th birthday.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chad's former president Hissène Habré dies at 79 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210824-chad-s-former-president-hiss%C3%A8ne-habr%C3%A9-dies-at-79 |access-date=24 August 2021 |work=[[France24]] |date=24 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chad's former President Hissene Habre dies of COVID aged 79|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/24/chads-former-president-hissene-habre-dies-of-covid-aged-79|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Habre, Hissene}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Heads of state of Chad]] [[Categor