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Trial in Senegal of former Chadian president is a victory for civil society

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imageFormer Chadian leader Hissene Habre reacts as he is escorted in to stand trial by Senegalese police at the Palais de Justice in Dakar, Senegal. EPA

Hopes have been raised that the victims of atrocities perpetrated over 25 years ago by the regime of Hissène Habré, Chad’s former president, may at last find justice.

The former...

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In the West Bank, rocks kill (but mostly Palestinians)

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imageNot much of a weapons system.EPA/Abed Al Haslhamoun

In October 2000 I was in my first year of military service as a photographer for the IDF magazine. I was in the north of the Gaza strip, in what were to be the first moments of the Second Intifada, filming a group of Palestinian stone throwers until I was interrupted by a jarring blow to my helmet....

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