Ex-Chadian PM Masra jailed for hate speech, xenophobia

Masra

A court in Chad jailed former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra for 20 years Saturday, convicting him of hate speech, xenophobia, and having incited a massacre.

The court in N’Djamena jailed Masra, one of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s fiercest critics, for his role in inciting inter-communal violence in which 42 people were killed on May 14.

Most of the massacre victims were women and children in Mandakao, southwestern Chad, according to the court. On Friday, the state prosecutor had called for a 25-year sentence.

“Our client has just been the object of a humiliation,” lead defence lawyer Francis Kadjilembaye told AFP. Punch