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Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre forced to attend court session

Xinhua, September 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre was forced to attend the hearing of his case that resumed on Monday at the African Special Court in Senegal's capital Dakar.

The trial was suspended for 45 days as Habre asked his lawyers to boycott it which he considered "illegal", and refused to attend.

He had also rejected the three lawyers who had been appointed to his defence.

Habre is accused of war crimes during his rule between 1982 and 1990 -- charges that he denies.

He fled into exile in Senegal in 1990 after his government was overthrown.

The special court was created within the Senegalese judicial system at the request of the African Union to prosecute "those who were responsible for international crimes committed in Chad between 1982 and 1990."

It is presided over by a judge from Burkina Faso. Enditem