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Chad says courts handle alleged abuses by security services after UN complaint

Police officials patrol as people protest in Moundou, Chad, on 20 October 2022, in a picture obtained from social media. © HYACINTHE NDOLENODJI via REUTERS

The Chadian government has responded to accusations of repression by its security services, voiced by civil society organisations at the United Nations earlier this month, telling RFI that alleged abuses are referred to the courts.

Several organisations, including the Chadian League of Human Rights and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), have accused Chad's National State Security Agency (ANS) of systematically targeting the political opposition.

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