Senegal trial hears grim torture methods of Habre regime

Prosecutors in Senegal spelled out Tuesday some of the cruel abuses meted out to detainees of Chadian ex-dictator Hissene Habre's regime, including a grim method of tying all four limbs behind their backs. The 72-year-old's war crimes trial in Dakar heard how the punishment -- known as the infamous "Arbatachar" torture method that causes agonising pain and paralysis - was a preferred technique of his feared secret police.