A Belgian court has sentenced an exiled Djiboutian rebel to 15 years in prison for torture after he allegedly beat and gouged out the eyes of a political opponent.
Idris Awale, 40, was sentenced to “torture with loss of organs” after attacking Mustafa Hassan, 40, in Liban in November 2016, according to a verdict seen by AFP on Tuesday. was convicted of the crime.
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A Belgian court has sentenced an exiled Djiboutian rebel to 15 years in prison for torture after he allegedly beat and gouged out the eyes of a political opponent.
Idris Awale, 40, was sentenced to “torture with loss of organs” after attacking Mustafa Hassan, 40, in Liban in November 2016, according to a verdict seen by AFP on Tuesday. was convicted of the crime.
The defendant was jailed immediately after the Brussels Court of Appeal’s ruling on December 15th.
According to the ruling, the court found that both men were involved in opposition politics in Djibouti but had fallen out over a series of bitter factional disputes.
In the early hours of November 6, 2016, a taxi driver working near Porte de Namur, one of the main commercial districts of the Belgian capital, called the police.
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He found Mustafa Hassan lying on the roadside, alive but bleeding profusely from his eye sockets. He was taken to the hospital and although he survived, he lost his eyesight.
He told police he was the victim of a political attack.
About 12 hours later, Somali-born Djiboutian-Dutch Aware arrived at another hospital in Brussels with loose teeth and obvious cuts on his face. he was arrested
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