Though a Chad court recently sentenced 262 people to jail after they were arrested following deadly protests in October, the Secretary of Chad’s Bar Association announced Chad lawyers would appeal this, calling the sentencing a “parody of justice.”
Around 50 people, including 10 members of the security forces, died when police opened fire on demonstrators in the capital, N'Djamena, and several other cities on October 20th, according to an official toll.
Opposition groups denounce the official numbers and say the real count was much higher alleging unarmed civilians were massacred.
The protests had been called to mark the date when Chad's ruling military had initially promised to cede power, a timeline that has now been extended by two years.
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