Press Release - Impunity for 'Black Thursday' as Political Space Closes
linked to massive protests across the country on October 20, 2022, and to hold those found responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today.
"The violence against protesters a year ago was disproportionate and unjustified, leaving scores dead and wounded, and hundreds detained in inhuman conditions at Koro Toro prison without access to lawyers or family," said, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch."The failure of the authorities to carry out independent investigations leaves many to question whether anyone will ever be held accountable for the lives lost and the abuse and harm the protesters suffered.
After the October 2022 protests, Chadian military authorities suspended Les Transformateurs, other political parties, and civil society organizations united under a coalition known as Wakit Tama . These suspensions wereThere was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.his arrival after an arrest warrant charging him with a variety of crimes, including"attempted attack on constitutional order, incitement to hatred and an insurrectional uprising," was made public.
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