# Chad's President Déby pardons jailed main rival and eight opposition leaders

https://mins.news/en/item/22203

- France 24, 2026-08-14 13:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260814-chadian-president-d%C3%A9by-pardons-jailed-main-rival-and-8-opposition-leaders

> Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby has pardoned Succès Masra, the jailed former prime minister and leader of the country’s main opposition party, along with eight other party leaders. Masra was serving a 20-year sentence for hate speech, xenophobia and inciting a massacre in a trial Human Rights Watch called politically motivated.

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