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Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF CHAD

Amnesty International  Report 2013


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New wave of arrests and harassment of Chad's opposition | Amnesty ...
9 May 2013

Scores of parliamentarians, journalists, army officers and civilians have been arrested in Chad since the beginning of the month and many are being held without ...

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Chad: Journalist arrested, risks torture
8 May 2013

Journalist Eric Topona, Secretary General of the Union of Chadian Journalists (UJT) was arrested on 6 May and transferred to Am Sinene prison in the Chadian capital ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/004/2013

Chad: Further information: Jean Laokolé charged and awaiting ...
16 April 2013

Writer and humanitarian worker Jean Laokolé was transferred to the Am Sinene detention centre in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, on 25 March. He had been detained ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/002/2013

Chad: Writer arrested, detained incommunicado: Jean Laokolé
25 March 2013

Writer Jean Laokolé, a humanitarian worker, was arrested on 22 March 2013 by the security services in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena. His whereabouts are unknown ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/001/2013

Amnesty International | Chad: Justice needed for opposition leader ...
1 February 2013

The continuing mystery over the fate and whereabouts of opposition politician Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh who was detained five years ago demonstrates the failure ...

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Chad: Judicial harassment of political opponents and journalists ...
19 September 2012

Three trade unionists and a journalist receive heavy suspended prison sentences and fines for initiating and publishing an anti-government petition.

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Chad: Prisoners' lives are threatened by appalling detention ...
10 September 2012

In Chad, prisoners' lives are often put at risk by harsh detention conditions including severe overcrowding in soaring heat.

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Chad: 'We are all dying here': human rights violations in prisons
10 September 2012

Prison conditions in Chad are so deplorable that they amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Cells are severely overcrowded, food and drinking ...

Report       AFR 20/007/2012

Amnesty International | Chad: Prisoners' lives are threatened by ...
10 September 2012

The lives of prisoners in Chad are often put at risk by harsh detention conditions including severe overcrowding in unventilated cells that can reach temperatures ...

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