Hosni Mubarak, Bashar al-Assad, Muammar Gaddafi: Where Dictators Go to Die

Mubarak, Assad, and other strongmen are running out of exile options because of the ICC. By Dan Ephron.

Published Aug. 4 2011 8:32PM EDT

articles/2011/08/04/hosni-mubarak-bashar-al-assad-muammar-gaddafi-where-dictators-go-to-die/dictator-exile-marcos-ephron_l9q5bf — Dean Sensui / AFP-Getty Images

Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti fled to France. Ferdinand Marcos lived out his life in Honolulu.

In the good old days, an ousted dictator who committed terrible crimes against his countrymen might still be able to negotiate a cozy retirement in a place where the living is good.

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Hosni Mubarak, Bashar al-Assad, Muammar Gaddafi: Where Dictators Go to Die

Mubarak, Assad, and other strongmen are running out of exile options because of the ICC. By Dan Ephron.

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Dan Ephron