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Global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally, Amnesty International, has petitioned the government of Chad to release Tadjadine Mahamat Babouri, popularly known as Mahadine.
TheNewsGuru reports Mahadine, an online activist and father of seven, was in September 2016 snatched from the street in broad daylight by a group of men believed to be intelligence officers for posting videos on Facebook.
In the videos, Mahadine accused the Chadian government and people close to it of corruption and misusing public money. He also complained about the economic crisis gripping the oil-dependent nation which is suffering from falling oil prices worldwide.
Making and posting the videos was a bold thing to do in Chad where speaking out like this carries serious consequences.
Mahadine says he was beaten, electrocuted and chained up for weeks, and moved from one prison to another.
His wife and children were told nothing of his whereabouts and had to track him down themselves.
Mahadine now faces a life sentence, and faces charges including threatening national security.
“He is gravely ill, having caught tuberculosis in prison. He needs urgent medical attention. He should not have to spend the rest of his life locked up for courageously expressing his opinion,” Amnesty International stated.
“I call on you to release Tadjadine Mahamat Babouri, known as Mahadine, unconditionally and without delay. A father of seven, he was arrested, beaten up and jailed for peacefully critiquing the government on Facebook.
“He now faces a life sentence, and is gravely ill, having caught tuberculosis in prison. Pending his release, please transfer him to Am Sinene prison so he can get the medical care he so urgently needs.
“Mahadine should not lose his freedom simply for raising his voice and bravely exercising his right to freedom of expression,” the petition by Amnesty International read.
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Thanks to all your letters,
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Mahadine has been moved to a prison closer to his family
– and can get medical help, too.
But he's still facing a life sentence for a Facebook post.
Take 15 seconds to help him now:https://t.co/4h1zIPxqNs#W4R17 #Chad pic.twitter.com/DnqgG1prtL— Amnesty International (@amnesty) February 23, 2018
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