source: Tchadinfos; International Crisis Group; Alwihda (Chad)
actor1: Protesters (Chad)
actor2: Police Forces of Chad (1990-2021) Prison Guards
location: NDjamena
notes: On 20 March 2020, dozens of prisoners at the Amsinene detention center in the capital of NDjamena (N'Djamena) demonstrated against a decision to prohibit visits at the prison as a measure imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Prison guards intervened and five inmates were reportedly killed, others wounded, and thirty escaped. [size=dozens]