Senegalese justice authorized Monday the Chadian ex-president Hissène Habré to leave for 60 days the prison of Dakar where he is detained for crimes against humanity, because it must shelter the forty defendants within the framework of the fight against coronavirus.
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At the end of this leave, which he will have to spend in his residence in Dakar, Hissène Habré, sentenced on May 30, 2016 to life imprisonment, "will reintegrate the penal establishment of Cap Manuel, immediately" , indicates an order of the Judge for the enforcement of sentences at the Dakar Tribunal de Grande Instance Hors Classe, of which AFP obtained a copy Monday evening.