Court in Chad jails 8 opposition leaders for 8 years in insurrection case
The judge also fined each leader 500,000 Central African francs ($897) after convicting the coalition of rebellion and disturbing public order.
- On Friday, a Chadian High Court in Djamena sentenced 8 opposition leaders arrested last month to 8 years in prison for insurrection, rebellion, and disturbing public order.
- The GCAP repeatedly criticized President Mahamat Idriss Deby and called for a boycott of the 2024 election before the Chadian Supreme Court dissolved the group.
- Although the prosecutor requested a 10-year sentence, the judge fined each of the 8 leaders 500,000 Central African francs .
- Adoum Moussa, the representative for the defense lawyers, expressed disappointment following the ruling, calling the court decision 'based on non-existent offenses.'
- Other opposition leaders have been jailed since the last election, including former prime minister Succes Masra, who received a 20-year sentence last year.
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By Spy Uganda Eight Chadian opposition leaders arrested at the end of last month were jailed for eight years on Friday, their lawyer said, the latest detentions of President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s critics. The defendants, all members of the only political movement to have systematically challenged Deby’s election, had been detained in the capital N’Djamena…
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By Enyichukwu Enemanna Eight Chadian opposition leaders arrested late last month have been jailed for eight years, their lawyer said on Friday, the latest detentions of President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s critics. The defendants, all members of the only political movement to have systematically challenged Deby’s election, had been detained in the capital N’Djamena a week before a “protest and indignation march”, which has since been banned by autho…
Eight opponents of Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby, arrested at the end of April, were sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday in N'Djamena, announced one of their lawyers to the AFP. The defendants, all presidents of parties that are members of the Group for the Consultation of Political Actors (GCAP), the main opposition coalition, were arrested a week before a "protest and indignation march", in which they called for participation …
© (DR)The sentence fell on Friday, May 8, 2026. The leaders of the Group of Political Actors (GCAP) are sentenced to 8 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 for each. Chadian justice has handed down its verdict on the case of the eight leaders of the political parties Groupe de concertation des acteurs politiques (GCAP). The president of the Tribunal de grande instance, Alhadj Djida, knows them guilty of "rebellion, association of criminals and …
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