Chad’s Ex-PM Masra Detained on Hate Charges After Clashes

In Chad, the former Prime Minister and opponent Success Masra was formally charged by the courts of his country. The investigating judge decided to place him in pre-trial detention. Success Masra is accused of inciting the massacre of 42 people last week in Mandakao, in the south of the country.

Former Chadian Prime Minister and opposition leader Succès Masra was remanded in custody at Klessoum prison on Wednesday, May 21, following his appearance in court in N'Djamena on suspicion of "incitement to hatred," his lawyers learned. Arrested on May 16, the unsuccessful 2024 presidential candidate and leader of the opposition Transformers party is suspected by the courts of "incitement to hatred, revolt, formation and complicity of armed gan…

Success Masra, former Chadian Prime Minister and opponent, was placed in pre-trial detention on Wednesday, 22 May, almost a week after his arrest. Unfortunate candidate for the presidential elections of 2024, he is accused by Chadian justice of several serious charges, including "incitement to hatred", "rebellion", "arrest of murder" and "desecration of burials".

Success Masra, former Prime Minister and figure of the Chadian opposition, was placed in pre-trial detention on Wednesday, 21 May, almost a week after his arrest on the basis of serious charges brought against him. Unfortunate candidate in the presidential election of 2024, the leader of the Transformers party is suspected, among other things, of incitement to hatred, revolt, constitution and complicity of armed gangs, complicity in murder, arso…

Chad’s Ex-PM Masra Detained on Hate Charges After Clashes

Chad’s former prime minister and prominent opposition figure, Succès Masra, has been placed in provisional detention, nearly a week after his arrest on accusations of inciting hatred, his legal team confirmed on Wednesday. Masra, who ran against President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in last year’s presidential election and officially secured 18.5 per cent of the vote to Deby’s 61.3 per cent, had disputed the result, claiming victory. He was arreste…

Arrested on 16 May as part of an investigation into incitement to hatred and revolt following deadly clashes in the Western Logone, the former Prime Minister was placed in pre-trial detention on 21 May.