400+ rebels in Chad have been sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno in 2021.
he sentences were given after a mass trial that included charges of terrorism, mercenarism, recruitment of child soldiers, and assaulting the head of state.
The trial was held behind closed doors in the Criminal Court of the Court of Appeal, which was located within Klessoum prison, about 20 kilometers southeast of the capital.
The defendants were mostly linked to the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), the country’s main rebel group that launched an offensive in the north from their bases in Libya.
Marshal Deby’s death was announced on April 20, 2021, just a day after he was declared the victor of a presidential election that gave him a sixth term in office.
His son, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, took over as the head of a 15-member military junta. Despite criticism of his authoritarian rule, the elder Deby was a key ally in the West’s anti-jihadist campaign in the unstable Sahel, particularly due to the relative strength of Chad’s military.
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