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| | AI REPORT 1997: Chad (the Republic of) |
 | | Tohnel Doumro, an employee of the Secours catholique pour le développement, Catholic Development Aid, was arrested in November and held at the gendarmerie in Bousso for "collaborating with the enemy". |
 | | Mahamat Abdelhaq, President of the Association tchadienne pour la défense des droits de l'homme, Chad Association for the Defence of Human Rights, was arrested in December and held at Abéché on suspicion of having links with the armed opposition Front national du Tchad, Chad National Front. |
 | | Bichara Digui, a member of the opposition Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès, Rally for Democracy and Progress, was shot in August by three unidentified men, believed to be members of the security forces, as he returned to his home in N'Djaména. |
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