Six years after the trial of the Ndjamena court on March 25, 201), the victims of the Hissène Habré regime are still asking about the application of the sentences: forced labor for about twenty former DDS agents and payment of “compensation” 75 billion CFAF. A few weeks before the presidential election, the victims want to be heard by the candidates and hope to make things happen.
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The whistles from the victims of the Hissène Habré regime are shouting at passers-by in the Chagoua district of Ndjamena. They ask the application of the judgments, in particular the payment of their compensation.
For six years, they have not been paid a cent. It is too much for Rachel Mouaba, whose father was tortured and killed before her eyes: “If only there was a little respect for us or for our deceased parents. The Chadian state could still have done something up to that point. Nothing has been done. ”
Next to her, Ginette Nguarbaï. At the age of 60, she still has the aftermath of her two-year detention: “My daughter, I gave birth to her on the ground. To this day, I’m in pain. I only live on drugs. ”
The presidential election will take place on April 11, and the victims are taking advantage of this moment to try to be heard, as explained by Ousmane Abakar Taher, vice president of the Hissène Habré regime’s crime victim association: “We have not even seen the parties campaigning. We went out to whistle, but no one came to us. We are bitter about it. We are forgotten, we are really forgotten! ”
Authorities say the economic crisis in Chad and the Covid-19 pandemic have slowed down the African Union system to compensate the victims.
