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January 17, 2023

Chad: protesters' hellish ordeal in remote desert prison

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Africa Material conditions Violence Chad

After being rounded up by police over mass protests against Chad’s military junta in October last year, hundreds of mostly young men faced this nightmarish two-day journey to the high-security Koro Toro prison, deep in the hostile Djurab desert. After they arrived at the remote jail, many were sent…

Source — RFI

November 12, 2020

Tchad : prison secrète de l’ANS, des détenus racontent les sévices subis

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Health Torture Violence Chad

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April 23, 2020

Chad: la polémique enfle après la mort de membres présumés de Boko Haram en prison

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Africa Chad

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October 7, 2019

Chad: l'armée reprend le contrôle de la prison d’Abéché après une mutinerie

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Africa Protest Violence Chad

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June 24, 2019

Chad: un mort et cinq blessés dans une tentative d'évasion

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Africa Protest Violence Chad

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April 27, 2017

Au Tchad, Hissène Habré définitivement condamné à la prison à vie

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Africa Justice Chad

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Source — La Croix

April 13, 2017

Chad: attack on prisoner convoy kills 10

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Violence Chad

At least 10 people were killed in Chad in an attack against a convoy carrying prisoners, security sources have said.

Source — Daily Trust

April 12, 2017

Tchad : le massacre prémédité des prisonniers tués hier ?

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Africa Violence Chad

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Source — Afrique sur 7

March 27, 2017

Chad : conditions de vie précaires des détenus, le budget de la nourriture détourné

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Africa Material conditions Chad

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Source — Alwihda

March 27, 2017

Tchad : évasion spectaculaire à Abéché, 95 détenus s'échappent d'une prison

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Africa Protest Chad

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Source — Alwihda

March 26, 2017

Chad: civil society activists in solidarity march with jailed leaders

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Chad

A number of activists in Chad on Saturday marched to a prison in the outskirts of the capital N’Djamena where four leaders of civil society groups are being held.

Source — Africa News

February 20, 2017

Chad : N’Djamena, la Maison d’arrêt est engorgée

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Africa Chad

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Source — Deutsche Welle

July 31, 2015

Chad reintroduces death penalty with anti-terror law

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Justice Chad

Chad reintroduced the death penalty just six months after its abolition on Thursday, as legislators passed a stringent anti-terror bill in the face of a spate of deadly Boko Haram attacks.

Source — News 24