Boko Haram bombed this popular market in N’Djamena last year. Photo Credit: AFP
Civil society groupings in Chad are demanding the abolishment of the death penalty in the country.
The BBC Afrique is reporting that a coalition of these civil society organizations made the demand due to fears that it could be abused for political reasons.
The death penalty law was introduced in 2015 under the anti-terror law adopted unanimously by Chadian parliament.
The law was dropped from the criminal code in 2014 before its re-introduction, an action that has been condemned by academics, researchers and some opposition politicians.
BBC Afrique quoted spokesman for the coalition of the civil society groups Nodjitoloum Salomon as saying that the anti-terror law “could serve to oppress opposition figures and those who are standing up against bad governance.”
Persons suspected to be members of the militant group Boko Haram had been executed under the law last year following a suicide attack on a school and police station N’Djamena, the country’s capital.
Source: Africafeeds.com
