There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Chad during the year.
Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: arbitrary or unlawful killings; disappearances; torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; arbitrary arrest or detention; unlawful recruitment or use of children in armed conflict by nonstate armed groups; serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists and censorship; trafficking in persons, including forced labor; and significant presence of any of the worst forms of child labor.
The government did not take credible steps to identify or punish officials who committed human rights abuses.
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province were reported to have killed numerous civilians and military personnel. Authorities investigated some incidents but initiated no prosecutions during the year.
There were reports the government or its agents committed arbitrary and unlawful killings during the year. After the announcement of provisional presidential election results on May 9, both local and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) reported members of the security forces or government supporters engaged in celebratory gunfire, a common yet dangerous cultural practice often occurring during weddings or other moments of celebration. The postelection celebratory gunfire resulted in killings....
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