Jacqueline Moudeina was born on 1957 and is a Chadian lawyer and human rights activist, who is known for her work in bringing Hissene Habre to justice for crimes against humanity, as well as those who worked with him.
13 Facts About Jacqueline Moudeina
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Jacqueline Moudeina was born and raised in Chad; however in 1979 after civil war broke out in the country, she quit her study of English at the University of Chad and fled to the Congo with her husband.
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Jacqueline Moudeina returned to Chad in 1995, after the reign of terror that occurred during Hissene Habre's stint as president.
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Jacqueline Moudeina registered as a legal intern, and was one of the first women to have done so.
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Jacqueline Moudeina was then promoted to legal secretary, then by 2004 she was made the president of the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights.
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On February 23,2001, while Moudeina was participating in a peaceful demonstration in front of the French Embassy to denounce irregularities that occurred during the presidential elections, the Chief Police Commissioner Mahamat Wakaye ordered the dispersion of the demonstration through the use of force.
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Jacqueline Moudeina was wounded by a grenade during the event, and spent over a year in France recovering from her injuries.
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Jacqueline Moudeina filed her first case against Habre in 2000, while he was living comfortably in the Republic of Senegal, on behalf of seven women.
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Jacqueline Moudeina was arrested and detained for ten days, but the Senegalese prosecutor declared himself incompetent to follow through with the request.
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Jacqueline Moudeina is attempting to extradite him through other international channels.
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Jacqueline Moudeina was awarded the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in 2002.
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Jacqueline Moudeina became president of the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights in 2004.
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Jacqueline Moudeina was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2011 for "her tireless efforts at great personal risk to win justice for the victims of the former dictatorship in Chad and to increase awareness and observance of human rights in Africa".