Souleymane Guengueng

Souleymane Guengueng is a Chadian torture victim and human rights activist, who was instrumental in bringing legal action against the former dictator Hissène Habré. He was born in 1952.^[1]

In 2006 he and more than 90 others testified against Habré in a court in Senegal. More than 90 people testified in this court.^[2] He plays himself in the 2007 movie "The Dictator Hunter" by director Klaartje Quirijns. He is president founder of AVCRP. Souleymane spent three years of his life in prison.^[3]

References[edit]

^ He Helped Topple a Dictator. In New York, He’s Another Face in the Crowd.
^ Talking Justice: The Long Road to the Extraordinary African Chambers
^ Victim to victor: the story of Souleymane Guengueng

External links[edit]

'He Bore Up Under Torture. Now He Bears Witness', New York Times, March 31, 2001
Bio notes, 2003 event at London School of Economics

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[1] He Helped Topple a Dictator. In New York, He’s Another Face in the Crowd.

[2] Talking Justice: The Long Road to the Extraordinary African Chambers

[3] Victim to victor: the story of Souleymane Guengueng

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