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The General Abdoulaye Miskine Case: Abusive Detention and Human Rights Violations
The General Abdoulaye Miskine Case: Abusive Detention and Human Rights ViolationsPublished by: Charilogone Editorial Staff - Date: May 2025
Prolonged Detention Without Trial
For more than five years, Central African General Abdoulaye Miskine, leader of the Central African People's Democratic Front (FDPC), has been imprisoned in the Klessoum remand center in N'Djamena, alongside three of his companions. His imprisonment without trial raises serious questions about the independence of the Chadian justice system and respect for fundamental judicial standards.
His Son's Testimony and an Orchestrated Arrest
According to Madingar Miskine, the General's son, his father was in the Central African Republic when his former friend, Abakar Saboun, informed him that the late Marshal Idriss Déby Itno wished to meet with him to finalize the Khartoum Agreement, signed on February 6, 2019, between the Central African government and fourteen armed groups, including the FDPC.
However, this invitation turned out to be a carefully orchestrated trap. Between 2004 and 2005, a complaint was filed against General Miskine while he was in exile in Togo. After his return to the Central African Republic in February 2007, following the Sirte Agreement, he found himself at the center of a dubious judicial process.
When the Chadian justice system discovered, during its first hearing, that the accused was not present in the country at the time of the alleged events, the hearings were suspended. Then, a second complaint suddenly emerged after Chadian investigating judge Tobaye Bedoumti visited the Central African refugee camps of Sarh, Sido, and Maro to find new complainants.
On the orders of Marshal Déby, General Mahamat Mamadou Aboubakar, then a member of the Chadian intelligence services and now an advisor to the president, used Abakar Saboun to contact General Miskine. The latter, accompanied by his three companions, crossed the border into Chad before being immediately arrested and informed of the charges against him. A revealing legal confrontation
Chadian authorities sent a special mission led by Chadian investigating judge Tobaye Bedoumti to locate plaintiffs more than 1,000 km away, encouraging them to testify against General Miskine and his companions. However, during the identification session, the victims, who were asked to identify General Miskine from a group of ten people, pointed to another individual, casting doubt on the credibility of the accusations against him.
Deprivation of Medical Care and Hunger Strike
On May 15, 2025, General Miskine began a hunger strike to protest his detention conditions and demand a fair trial. This protest followed the confiscation of his medication by prison authorities, depriving the inmate of essential care to treat his hypertension, kidney failure, and vision problems.
His lawyer, Benjamin Mamgodibaye, describes this deprivation as "deliberate endangerment," a flagrant violation of human rights. Despite his deteriorating health, he relies on the support of his loved ones to access the necessary care.
On the evening of May 15, he finally received some of his medication, but some essential treatments were missing. After a day of strike action, he ended his protest.
A worrying silence from the authorities and human rights defenders
Despite repeated appeals from General Miskine's lawyers, the Chadian authorities remain silent, thus fueling the idea of political persecution rather than a quest for impartial justice.
Furthermore, international human rights organizations have not taken a position on this case, despite the obvious violations: prolonged arbitrary detention, lack of solid evidence, and judicial inconsistencies. This silence contributes to the normalization of dangerous practices and reinforces the perception of a politicized justice system.
A Demand for Justice and Transparency
The case of General Abdoulaye Miskine raises essential questions about the treatment of political opponents and the manipulation of judicial proceedings. The international community must respond to demand a fair trial, consistent with legal standards and fundamental rights.
Without swift intervention, this prolonged detention without trial risks setting a worrying precedent, not only in Chad and the Central African Republic, but throughout the region. Justice must remain impartial and guarantee the fundamental rights of every individual.
According to Madingar Miskine, the General's son, his father was in the Central African Republic when his former friend, Abakar Saboun, informed him that the late Marshal Idriss Déby Itno wished to meet with him to finalize the Khartoum Agreement, signed on February 6, 2019, between the Central African government and fourteen armed groups, including the FDPC.
However, this invitation turned out to be a carefully orchestrated trap. Between 2004 and 2005, a complaint was filed against General Miskine while he was in exile in Togo. After his return to the Central African Republic in February 2007, following the Sirte Agreement, he found himself at the center of a dubious judicial process.
When the Chadian justice system discovered, during its first hearing, that the accused was not present in the country at the time of the alleged events, the hearings were suspended. Then, a second complaint suddenly emerged after Chadian investigating judge Tobaye Bedoumti visited the Central African refugee camps of Sarh, Sido, and Maro to find new complainants.
On the orders of Marshal Déby, General Mahamat Mamadou Aboubakar, then a member of the Chadian intelligence services and now an advisor to the president, used Abakar Saboun to contact General Miskine. The latter, accompanied by his three companions, crossed the border into Chad before being immediately arrested and informed of the charges against him. A revealing legal confrontation
Chadian authorities sent a special mission led by Chadian investigating judge Tobaye Bedoumti to locate plaintiffs more than 1,000 km away, encouraging them to testify against General Miskine and his companions. However, during the identification session, the victims, who were asked to identify General Miskine from a group of ten people, pointed to another individual, casting doubt on the credibility of the accusations against him.
Deprivation of Medical Care and Hunger Strike
On May 15, 2025, General Miskine began a hunger strike to protest his detention conditions and demand a fair trial. This protest followed the confiscation of his medication by prison authorities, depriving the inmate of essential care to treat his hypertension, kidney failure, and vision problems.
His lawyer, Benjamin Mamgodibaye, describes this deprivation as "deliberate endangerment," a flagrant violation of human rights. Despite his deteriorating health, he relies on the support of his loved ones to access the necessary care.
On the evening of May 15, he finally received some of his medication, but some essential treatments were missing. After a day of strike action, he ended his protest.
A worrying silence from the authorities and human rights defenders
Despite repeated appeals from General Miskine's lawyers, the Chadian authorities remain silent, thus fueling the idea of political persecution rather than a quest for impartial justice.
Furthermore, international human rights organizations have not taken a position on this case, despite the obvious violations: prolonged arbitrary detention, lack of solid evidence, and judicial inconsistencies. This silence contributes to the normalization of dangerous practices and reinforces the perception of a politicized justice system.
A Demand for Justice and Transparency
The case of General Abdoulaye Miskine raises essential questions about the treatment of political opponents and the manipulation of judicial proceedings. The international community must respond to demand a fair trial, consistent with legal standards and fundamental rights.
Without swift intervention, this prolonged detention without trial risks setting a worrying precedent, not only in Chad and the Central African Republic, but throughout the region. Justice must remain impartial and guarantee the fundamental rights of every individual.
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