On the eve of Chad's presidential elections, the Federation of Chadiennes des Droits de l'Homme (LTDH), the Association of Girls for Non-Violence (AJPNV) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) invited the Chadian people. Choose candidates who respect fundamental rights and freedoms and who will put an end to widespread torture in the country.
Despite serious concerns about the transparency and integrity of this election, our organization is committed to eliminating mistrust among the various actors towards the national agency overseeing the election (ANGE) and the Constitutional Court. , calls for all measures to be taken to ensure tranquility in the electoral process.
In the final days of the campaign, our group documented alleged speeches between various candidates and their supporters, sparking protests and fears of disruption. Obstacles to freedom of expression were observed. Several private and independent media outlets were prevented from reporting on the election campaign, and two outlets, Al-Aidas and Le Liberateur, were suspended.
These events have raised concerns about human rights violations and potential human rights abuses during and after the elections.
The election ends a three-year transition period marked by violence and serious human rights violations, including more than 250 people killed and hundreds injured and arrested during peaceful protests in October 2022. It turns out. A few days before the start of the election process, the President said: Yaya Dilo of the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF) was assassinated by security forces, and dozens of party leaders remain in detention. To date, no investigation has been conducted to clarify the circumstances of this assassination, and the perpetrators have not been identified or prosecuted.
