US EditionChad Court Jails Ex-PM, Opposition Leader for 20 Years
- A court in Chad sentenced former Prime Minister Succes Masra to 20 years in prison for hate speech and incitement to violence.
- Masra was convicted for inciting inter-communal violence in which 42 people died on May 14, based on claims made during the trial.
- Masra's lawyers claimed that the conviction lacked substantial evidence, stating that he was convicted on assumptions and an empty dossier.
- The violence on May 14 reportedly arose from a dispute between ethnic Fulani herders and Ngambaye farmers over land demarcation.
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Chad's opposition politician and former Prime Minister Masra has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The leader of the main Chadian opposition party was found guilty of "diffusion of hate and xenophobic messages" and "arrangement of murder" in the context of the Mandakao tragedy in May.
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The former head of government is accused of inciting violence between ethnic groups after a massacre last May
In Chad, on Saturday, 9 August, the fourth and final day of the trial of the Mandakao case in Ndjamena was held. Twenty-five years in prison are required against Masra Success and 65 of his co-accused. Nine others are in doubt and the Attorney General is seeking their acquittal. The State's lawyers, who have become a civil party, demand that the accused be sentenced jointly and severally to pay five billion CFA francs to the Chadian State. They …
Chad court jails ex-PM, opposition leader for 20 years - Kahawatungu
A court in Chad jailed former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra for 20 years Saturday, convicting him of hate speech, xenophobia and having incited a massacre. The court in N’Djamena jailed Masra, one of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s fiercest critics, for his role in inciting inter-communal violence in which 42 people were killed on May 14. It also imposed a fine of one billion CFA francs (1.5 million euros). Most of the m…
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