Chadian rights groups and the political opposition have been organizing protests before the one-year anniversary of the crackdown that killed 128 people and injured over 500 others who were demanding an end to military rule.
The head of the non-governmental organization Collective Action of Youths for Peace, Development, and the Emergence of Chad, Mahamat El Mahdi Abderrahmane, announced that he was asking the Transitional Military Council to immediatelyfrom exile on October 18 as scheduled due to growing threats to civil freedoms by Chad's Transitional Military Council. Before his return, he said that hundreds of people detained for opposing the military must to be freed as a sign of his good intentions.
Rights groups and the political opposition in Chad have been organizing protests and issuing statements ahead of Friday's first anniversary of a crackdown that killed 128 people… Chad's exiled pro-democracy opposition leader Succes Masra said increasing threats to civil liberties by Chad's Transitional Military Council make it impossible for him to return… On April 10, 2023, Berlin ordered Chad's ambassador to leave Germany within 48 hours, following a similar demand from Chad's military government. Chad's government said that ..., representing a diversity of positions on every topic.
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