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Chad’s former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Succès Masra, is seeking the support of French President Emmanuel Macron after spending two months in pre-trial detention.
Masra’s legal team has sent an official letter to Mr. Macron, urging him to speak out and intervene in what they describe as a politically motivated case.
The lawyers accuse the French president of remaining silent and ask him to mediate and press for Masra’s release.
Masra is accused of orchestrating the massacre of 42 shepherds in the southern town of Mandakao in May 2025. He has denied any involvement, calling the accusations baseless and politically motivated.
According to reports, his lawyers claim that the investigating judge was pressured by senior Chadian government officials to order Masra’s detention.
They claim that the only piece of evidence is an audio recording from 2023 in which Masra calls on southern communities to defend themselves. This recording was made well before the events in question.
The legal team denounces the case as a violation of Masra’s fundamental rights and accuses the Chadian judicial system of bias against the leading opposition figure.
