source: Le Tchadanthropus; Journal du Tchad
actor1: Protesters (Chad)
actor2: Police Forces of Chad (1990-2021) Prison Guards
location: NDjamena
notes: Around 17 February 2021 (between 16 - 17 February), the Chadian prison guards, military forces (DGSSIE), and Mobile Intervention Unit forces intervened using firearms and tear gas against prisoners protesting at the prison of Amsinene in NDjamena (Ndjamena). Prisoners were protesting against their transfer to the prison of Klessoum without their personal items. While an NGO reported twenty deaths and injuries, government sources reportd two deaths and one injury among the inmates. [size=no report]