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Belgium had requested his extradition in 2005 and again in 2011.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/22/senegal-accept-au-plan-hiss-ne-habr-case">Senegal: Accept AU Plan for Hissène Habré Case</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Mar 22, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>(Dakar, March 22, 2011) – Senegal should accept an African Union (AU) plan for the trial of Hissène Habré during discussions set for March 23 and 24, 2011, in Addis Ababa, a coalition of human rights organizations said today in a letter to Senegal’s president.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/24/letter-african-union-commission-chairperson-jean-ping-16th-au-summit">Letter to African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on the 16th AU Summit</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jan 24, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/11/global-flawed-policies-expose-migrants-abuse">Global: Flawed Policies Expose Migrants to Abuse </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Dec 12, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Many governments’ immigration policies and protection gaps expose migrants to abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report today in advance of International Migrants Day, December 18, 2010. The abuses include labor exploitation, violence, trafficking, mistreatment in detention, and killings, yet the nations involved offer limited recourse to seek justice.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/11/29/senegal-law-promotes-violence-against-homosexuals">Senegal: Law Promotes Violence Against Homosexuals</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Nov 30, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Senegal’s law criminalizing consensual sexual conduct among adults is discriminatory and invites abuse of homosexuals by both the police and the general public.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"><div class="field-item"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-audio"></div></div></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/11/16/senegal-donors-meet-fund-hiss-ne-habr-trial">Senegal: Donors to Meet to Fund Hissène Habré Trial</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Nov 16, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>A meeting of international donors in Dakar on November 24, 2010, to finance the prosecution of Hissène Habré is a potential turning point in the long campaign to bring the former Chadian dictator to justice.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/08/senegal-abusive-teachers-sentenced">Senegal: Abusive Teachers Sentenced</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Sep 8, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The arrest and conviction of seven Quranic teachers who forced boys trusted to their care to beg is a significant move forward for children’s rights in Senegal. The men were sentenced on September 8, 2010, marking the first application of a 2005 law outlawing the practice; two more men are scheduled to face the same charges on September 9.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class="last"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/20/guinea-bissau-pass-anti-trafficking-law">Guinea-Bissau: Pass Anti-Trafficking Law</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jul 20, 2010</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Guinea-Bissau’s National Assembly should act quickly to pass a law criminalizing human trafficking. The draft law, which the Assembly recently placed on its agenda for its October-November session, would empower police, judicial officials, and civil society to improve protection of the country’s children, thousands of whom are trafficked from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal and other countries each year.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li></ul></div></div><div class="view-footer view-footer-taxonomy-filter"><div class="more"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news-all/118">More documents on this topic</a>»</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"><div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/home" title="Home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/our-work" title="Our Work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/news" title="News">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/publications" title="Publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/about" title="About Us">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163521/http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4542089/">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-tic-tic_copy_24478" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="node clear-block ltr ntype-copy"> <div class="content clear-block filter-text"> Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/africa">Africa</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/asia">Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706163521/http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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