Will Referendum in Chad Lead to Democracy?

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A general view of a banner of the National Rally for Democracy in Chad calling on citizens to stay at home during the referendum vote, in N'Djamena on December 13, 2023. © 2023 Denis Sassou Gueipeur/AFP via Getty Images After almost two years of a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests, the transitional government in Chad will hold a constitutional referendum on December 17. The referendum seeks to accomplish one main goal: ending a transition that never should have occurred. It also takes place after the government allowed a prominent political opponent back into…

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