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]
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- '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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