Chad: the UN examines the repression of the demonstrations of October 20
Anti-government protests escalated in Chad on October 20, 2022, like here in Ndjamena.
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In Geneva, the meeting of the United Nations Committee against Torture, this Tuesday, November 1, was to consider a report from the Chadian government.
It was finally refocused on the repression of the demonstrations of October 20.
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The meeting had been planned for a long time, and it was to be devoted to a report by the Chadian government on its human rights achievements over the past thirteen years.
But "
the news of the last few days has prompted us to upset the order of our questions to focus on the
events of last October 20
", declared Sébastien Touzé, one of the rapporteurs of the Committee against Torture, from the outset. before listing the "
particularly edifying
" figures
collected in various reports on this tragedy: between 50 and 150 people killed, between 150 and 180 people missing, more than 1,300 people arrested or
between 600 and 1,100 people "
deported
"
in Koro-Toro high security prison.
The questions jostled for more than two hours.
Why
such use of force in repression
?
How to justify or explain it?
What was the actual outcome?
All these questions were addressed to Ahmad Makaïla, the Chadian ambassador in Geneva, who kicked into touch.
The diplomat first regretted seeing the Committee only point to police violence, without mentioning "
violence by demonstrators
" contained in the reports he quotes, before asking "
the indulgence of the committee
" which will have to wait until arrival of a government delegation from Ndjamena, which will have more details on the figures and on what happened during what is now called in Chad "
Black Thursday
".
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Mahamat Idriss Deby
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