US EditionChad’s opposition leader sentenced to 20 years in prison for inciting violence
CHAD, AUG 8 – Prosecutor seeks 25-year sentence and $8.9 million compensation for Masra over deadly May clashes that killed 35 people, accusing him of inciting racial violence and criminal conspiracy.
- Chad's opposition leader Succès Masra was sentenced to 20 years in prison for inciting violence that left 42 people dead.
- Masra, a fierce critic of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, was accused of inciting hatred, revolt, and complicity in murders, arson and desecration of graves.
- Masra's lawyers argued no concrete evidence was presented against him, while the prosecutor had sought a 25-year sentence.
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Chad court sentences former prime minister, opposition leader to 20 years in jail
A court in Chad sentenced former prime minister and opposition figure Succes Masra to 20 years in prison on Saturday, finding him guilty of hate speech, xenophobia, and inciting a massacre. The court in N'Djamena held Masra, a prominent critic of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, responsible for encouraging inter-communal violence that left 42 people dead on May 14.
The opponent and former Prime Minister, tried in N的Djamena for, among other things, "incitement to hatred and revolt" and complicity in murder, did not recognize "any of the acts which [he] is accused of".
The trial of the Mandakao case entered its third day on Friday, 8 August in Ndjamena. This case consists of two parts: that of more than 70 men accused of having participated in the bloody massacre of 14 May 2025, and that of Success Masra, former Prime Minister and President of the Transformers party, prosecuted for "diffusion of racist and xenophobic messages", "murder" and "association of criminals".
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