Dictator Hunter

I went out tonight with a friend and watched a couple of Human Rights Festival Films. As a pleasant surprise following the films there was a panel discussion with an Auckland Uni lecturer in Human Rights and a promiment engineer originally from Mali. The film was amateur in terms of the camera work and narrative but the story itself (in doco style) is intriguing... about a man committed to bringing justice to the former Chad dictator: Hissène Habré. This guy was responsible for the torturing and death of thousands of his own people and has been living in a removed paradise amongst his riches in Senegal. As a result of the main characters efforts this dictator is to be tried and hopefully, despite all the political obstacles an example will be made of him so that other sick dictators get the message! Click here to see the Dictator Hunter synopsis and book tickets. Unfortunately there's no trailer to preview.

I have huge respect for a man such as this lawyer, who can give so many years of his life to bring about justice and to fight for those who only have quiet voices in the international scheme of things.