Chad opposition figure to remain in prison after court rejects appeal

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Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby and France's President Emmanuel Macron after a bilateral meeting at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi on May 12, 2026. [AFP]

Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra will remain in jail after the supreme court rejected his appeal on Thursday, one of his lawyers told AFP.

Masra, a former prime minister and a leading opponent of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, was arrested in May 2025.

In August 2025, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for inciting violence and complicity to murder in what Human Rights Watch called a politically motivated trial.

Chad opposition figure to remain in prison after court rejects appeal

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