Of those, 1,625 were direct victims of regime brutality, having been jailed without trial or taken prisoner of war. DAKAR - Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, sentenced to life in May for crimes against humanity, was ordered Friday to pay compensation to thousands of his victims of up to 30,000 euros ($33,000) each. But the main lawyer for victims of Habre's rule, Jacqueline Moudeina, told journalists that 4,733 civil plaintiffs were involved in the case. For more than 20 years, the former dictator lived freely in an upmarket Dakar suburb with his wife and children. The court ordered Habre "to pay each of the victims of rape and sexual slavery the sum of 20 million CFA francs (30,490 euros), to each victim of arbitrary detention, or prisoners of war ... 15 million CFA francs; and to indirect victims, 10 million," Kam said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 29, 2016 15:11 UTC