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To Catch a Dictator
What does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, had terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale over eight bloody years in power—all while enjoying full American and Western support. After Habré’s overthrow, his victims and their supporters were determined to see him held responsible for his atrocities. Their quest for justice would be long, tense, and unnerving, but they would not back down. To Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider’s account of the hunt for Habré and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims worked acr...
To Catch a Dictator
To Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider's account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims went on a quest for justice.
The Pinochet Papers
The arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in October 1998 was a wake-up call to tyrants everywhere. The two subsequent rulings by the British House of Lords rejecting his claim of immunity forged legal history. This book traces the legal proceedings in the Pinochet case from the investigation in Spain, through the October 1999 ruling by a London Magistrate that Pinochet could be extradited to Spain, to the final decision to release Pinochet for health reasons. By including the full text of the British judicial decisions as well as the arrest warrants, translations of the key Spanish court rulings, excerpts from the legal arguments put forward by all sides, and commentaries by participants in the case and legal scholars, this volume gives the reader an understanding of the factual, political, and legal context of this historic prosecution.
Chad
Principal recommendations to the Chadian government. -- Historical background. The war against Libya and internal conflict in Chad -- The regime of Hissène Habré -- The Documentation and Security Directorate (DDS) -- The crimes of Hissène Habré's regime -- The fall of Hissène Habré and the Truth Commission's report -- The Chadian Association of Victims of Political Repression and Crime -- Victim rehabilitation -- The prosecution of Hissène Habré. -- The victims of Hissène Habré still awaiting justice in Chad. Hissène Habré 's accomplices still in positions of power -- The victims and their supporters threatened -- The cases against Hissène Habré's accomplices at a standstill -- The Chadian government's failure to make material reparations to the victims -- The Truth Commission's recommendations concerning moral reparations ignored. -- Methodology and acknowledgements.
Contra Terror in Nicaragua
Exposes the policies of torture, murder, and wanton violence employed by the forces Reagan described as the moral equivalents of our Founding Fathers.
America's Disappeared
The confirmation proceedings for Alberto R. Gonzales and Condeleeza Rice, like the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, triggered a national debate about the U.S. government’s controversial treatment of detainees and its practice of torture. At the heart of the debate is the question: Is the United States undermining democracy, freedom, and human rights in it’s effort to protect its citizens from terrorism? The authors of AMERICA'S DISAPPEARED answer, yes. AMERICA'S DISAPPEARED describes how the U.S. government, in response to the events of 9/11, launched an unprecedented campaign of racial profiling, detentions, and deportations so grievous as to evoke the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It brings together, for the first time, detainees’ own testimonies along with analysis by the leading constitutional attorneys and human rights advocates. In addition to a detailed exploration of detention—the forms currently in use, and the conditions of each—the book challenges the Bush administration’s justifications for violating the Geneva Conventions and the most basic definitions of human rights.
La Traque de Hissène Habré
Dans ce récit palpitant, l’avocat Reed Brody raconte l’exceptionnel combat, pendant dix-huit longues années, d’une poignée de survivants déterminés, engagés dans la poursuite d’un tyran qui pensait avoir échappé à la justice. L’auteur retrace en détail comment lui et son équipe d’enquêteurs internationaux et de victimes sont parvenus à exhumer des preuves, à saisir des tribunaux, à convaincre des gouvernements réticents et à sensibiliser l’opinion publique afin de faire traduire en justice Hissène Habré, ancien dictateur du Tchad. Habré, dont la violente prise de pouvoir et le règne sanglant (1982-1990) ont bénéficié de la complicité de la France et des États-Unis, a fait emprisonner, torturer et assassiner des dizaines de milliers de personnes, dans un pays désespérément pauvre et à la merci de son ambition et de sa cruauté. Riche en rebondissements, le récit de l’affaire Habré démontre que, malgré l’impunité dont ils se croient assurés, les dirigeants responsables des pires atrocités peuvent désormais être poursuivis à l’échelle internationale, traduits en justice, et condamnés.
