Chad: The Tchadian Non-Violence Association
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TCD29564.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Chad: The Tchadian Non-Violence Association, 1 June 1998, TCD29564.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6accd5c.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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According to the Lettre de la Fédération internationale de droits de l'homme (FIDH), Tchadian Non-Violence Association is one of the local human rights organizations in Tchad (13 Nov. - 4 Dec. 1996, 35). In February 1997, in collaboration with other Tchadian human rights groups, the Tchadian Non-Violence Association initiated negotiations between the rebels of the Forces Armées pour la République Fédérale (FARF) and government forces aimed at ending the conflict between the two parties. A peace agreement signed on 18 April did not last as government forces started attacking FARF forces based in Moundou on 30 October 1997 (ibid.).
The civilian population, members of human rights organizations and journalists also became targets of government repression. Among those "arrested - tortured and deported" were the daughters of Beasso'umda Juhen, the president of Tchadian Non-Violence Association, and Mougnan Ngaba, its Secretary-General, who is reported to have received three anonymous threats by telephone (ibid., 37). This information could not be corroborated by sources available to the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
La Lettre de la FIDH [Paris]. 13 November - 4 December 1997. No. 719-722. "Reprise des affrontements armées. Les ONG tchadiennes enquêtent. Conclusions."
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