PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 20/004/2009

27 May 2009

Further Information on UA 12/09 (AFR 20/002/2009, 19 January 2009) Enforced disappearance/Fear of torture or other ill-treatment

CHAD Issa Palkoubou (m), teacher

Issa Palkoubou was released on the morning of 21 May. He was weak and sick, and did not know why he had been detained.

He had not been seen since September 2008, when he was abducted at the school where he works. He is now known to have been held in a cell run by the security services in the capital, N'Djamena.

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.