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Chad's Masra Freed After Pardon
Chad's President Mahamat Déby has pardoned opposition leader and former Prime Minister Succès Masra, who was serving a 20-year sentence, allowing his release. Masra, a critic of the president, claimed to have won the last presidential election, and his arrest was linked to violence in the country. The pardon does not constitute an amnesty, and other political figures involved in protests also received pardons, amid calls for political openness and dialogue.
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