Chad: Repressive tactics against government critics must come to an end

Headline Title: Chad: Repressive tactics against government critics must come to an end 24 October 2013 Killings, enforced disappearances, illegal detention and arbitrary arrests of critics of the government are far too frequent in Chad and must come to an end, Amnesty International said in a report released today."People are dying in detention, held incommunicado and arbitrarily arrested left, right and centre, all in the name of ‘protecting national security’," said Christian Mukosa, Amnesty International’s Chad researcher. "The government is doing everything it can to silence anyone…

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