Habre can be tried outside Senegal

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has said that he is willing to hand over former Chadian President Hissene Habre to stand trial in a third country as long as that country can provide him a fair trial, media organisations reported. Habre has been accused by a group of Chadian victims of torture, killings and other human rights abuses during his eight-year rule. Earlier this year, Senegal's highest appeal court overturned a lower court decision that Habre could be tried in Senegal. The appeal court ruled that he could not be tried in Senegal for acts committed outside the country. International human rights watchdogs have since put pressure on the Senegalese government to extradite Habre to third country. According to victims and rights activists, Habre is responsible for about 40,000 executions and the torture of some 200,000 people, BBC reported. Habre, who ruled Chad from 1982-1990, has been in exile in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, since being overthrown by current President Idriss Deby.