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Current Feed ContentCHAD: Civilians flee as govt targets criticsThe Chadian government has continued to detain an unknown number of people without charges since rebels invaded the capital N’djamena for two days in early February, despite lifting a state of emergency on 15 March. "Detainees should be released immediately or charged with a crime and accorded all their rights, including immediate access to a lawyer and a hearing before an impartial judge to determine the lawfulness of their detention,” Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s Africa Director Georgette...CHAD: State of emergency imposed even as peace talks concludeThe government of Chadian President Idriss Deby and four rebel groups are set to sign a new peace accord at a time when inter-ethnic fighting has flared and the government has declared a new state of emergency in three regions. "The government is debating the situation of insecurity in the east of the country which is becoming worse by the day", said government spokesman Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor. President Deby issued a decree on 16 October imposing a state of emergency for 12 days in Chad’s... |
