"[1] Among the abuses listed were extrajudicial killings, beatings, torture, and rape by security forces; limits on freedom of speech and the press and freedom of assembly; arbitrary arrest and detention; and widespread corruption.
[1][3][4] In their annual report from 2007, Amnesty International emphasized the pervasive nature of sexual violence and discrimination against women resulting from incursions by the Sudanese Janjaweed, stating that "the widespread insecurity in eastern Chad had particularly severe consequences for women, who suffered grave human rights abuses, including rape, during attacks on villages.
Only Tonga, Uzbekistan, Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar, and Somalia scored lower.
[7] Critics of former President Idriss Déby accused him of cronyism and favoring his own tribe, the Zaghawa.
[9] The previous election, in 2001, was similarly viewed as fraudulent by the opposition parties, although a team of foreign observers said that polling had taken place "without major problems or intimidation".