Journalists attacked in Chad since 1992
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CPJ, 80 media and rights groups urge African heads of state to release jailed journalists
April 6, 2020 2:14 PM ET
CPJ and 80 media, press freedom, and human rights organizations write to African heads of state to call on their respective governments to release all jailed journalists amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chadian journalist detained since December 26 over defamation complaint
January 6, 2020 3:52 PM ET
Vancouver, Canada, January 6, 2020 -- Authorities in Chad should release journalist Ali Hamata Achène, and stop pursuing criminal defamation and retaliatory cases against reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad
September 25, 2019 4:25 PM ET
Dakar, September 25, 2019 -- Authorities in Chad should not challenge the appeals of journalists Martin Inoua Doulguet and Abdramane Boukar Koyon, and should take immediate action to repeal legislation that criminalizes acts of journalism, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
CPJ joins calls to end social media block in Chad
March 14, 2019 2:33 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists this week joined at least 79 rights organizations to urge African Union and United Nations experts to take action to end the government of Chad's nearly year-long block on social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The letters, addressed respectively to the African...
Chad publisher handed suspended jail term for critical reporting on president's brother
February 25, 2019 3:42 PM ET
Deli Nestor, publisher of the privately owned semi-weekly investigative newspaper Eclairage in Chad, was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence by a criminal court in N'Djamena on February 13, 2019, after he was convicted of defaming the brother of President Idriss Deby, according to Nestor, who spoke to the...
Chad arrests local journalist over satire piece
January 31, 2018 4:47 PM ET
Judicial police in Chad's capital N'Djamena on January 29, 2018, released Mahamat Abakar Issa, the director of the weekly newspaper Alchahed, after detaining him for seven days, according to Djimet Witche Wahili, the director of the privately owned news site Alwihda Info....
Chadian journalist imprisoned after report on airline's alleged weapons smuggling
October 26, 2017 12:43 PM ET
New York, October 26, 2017--Chadian authorities should immediately release from detention and drop all charges against Juda Allahondoum, publisher of the weekly Le Visionnaire newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Chad journalists in hiding after threats
March 6, 2017 2:03 PM ET
Abuja, Nigeria, March 6, 2017--Chadian domestic intelligence officers should cease harassing and attempting to intimidate journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least two journalists have gone into hiding following harassment from National Security Agency (ANS) officers in recent weeks, and another was detained and forced to...
Chad police close radio station, detain manager
December 16, 2016 6:25 PM ET
Police in Kelo, some 400 kilometres (249 miles) south of the capital N'Djamena, on November 14, 2016, arrested Edmond Oueidigue Kandi, the manager of the community radio station Radio Bargadje, and ordered the station closed, Kandi told the Committee to Protect Journalists. According to Kandi and media reports, local administrative...
RFI reporter assaulted in Chad, then expelled
June 26, 2015 1:33 PM ET
Abuja, Nigeria, June 26, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Chadian authorities’ ejection this week of a French journalist. Laurent Correau, reporter for Radio France Internationale, was assaulted by police alongside an international human rights defender before being expelled, according to news reports....