<h1><strong>AXINFOS SURVEY</strong></h1>
<p><strong>By the editorial staff of AxInfos - July 21, 2026</strong></p>
<p>At the microphone of<strong>AxInfos</strong>, Aurélien Taché was not satisfied with express diplomatic concern. The deputy La France insoumise - New Popular Front of the 10th constituency of Val-d’Oise has posed a simple, but politically explosive question: <strong>où Is the investigation into the death of Yaya Dillo Djérou Betchi really happening?</strong> His parliamentary mandate is still ongoing and his commitment to this matter is documented. by the archives of the National Assembly. (<a href="https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA720952/positions-de-vote?utm_source=chatgpt.com" title="Voting positions - Mr. Aurélien Taché - Val-d'Oise (10th constituency) - National Assembly">National Assembly</a>)</p>
<p>Behind this question hides a folder marked by contradictory versions, disturbing forensic expertise, a scene destroyed a few hours after the events, diplomatic engagements without a public timetable and, now, the incarceration of several leaders of the Chadian opposition.</p>
<p>AxInfos analysis of documents from the French National Assembly, United Nations reports, official Chadian declarations, the work of Human Rights Watch and the forensic investigation published by Reuters reveals a profound gap between the promises made and the results available to the public.</p>
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<h2><strong>One death, two irreconcilable stories</strong></h2>
<p>On February 28, 2024, the security forces Chadian women storm the headquarters of the Socialist Party Without Borders, in N’Djamena. Yaya Dillo, president of the party and major opposition figure, died during the operation.</p>
<p>According to the version defended by the Chadian authorities, the opponent would have refused. to surrender and opened fire on the forces who came to question him. The public prosecutor then presented the case. his death as the result of an exchange of fire. Yaya Dillo and his party, however, contested the accusations made against them, affirming that the attack attributed to the PSF against the intelligence services had been staging to justify an operation against the opposition. (<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/01/chad-prominent-opposition-leader-killed" title="Chad: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed | Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>)</p>
<p>This official version has been released. seriously weakened in April 2024 by a Reuters investigation. Five forensic experts studied the a photograph of Yaya Dillo's body. Four estimated that the weapon had probably been stolen. placed against his head or to his side. very short distance. Three evaluated this distance to less than one meter. The traces visible around the wound were, according to them, compatible with a close shot. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-opposition-figure-was-likely-shot-point-blank-range-experts-say-2024-04-08/" title="Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say | Reuters">Reuters</a>)</p>
<p>These observations do not allow, alone, to identify the shooter or to reconstruct the entire chain of command. Reuters also specifies that it has not been able to independently establish the exact circumstances of the death. They nevertheless make it difficult to accept without reservation the story of a death occurring by chance in an exchange of gunfire. distance. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-opposition-figure-was-likely-shot-point-blank-range-experts-say-2024-04-08/" title="Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say | Reuters">Reuters</a>)</p>
<p>Another element fuels suspicion: the headquarters of the PSF, riddled with violence. of impacts, was shaved bulldozed the day after the assault. This rapid destruction caused the disappearance of an essential location for possible ballistic surveys, trajectory analyzes and independent legal reconstructions. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-opposition-figure-was-likely-shot-point-blank-range-experts-say-2024-04-08/" title="Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say | Reuters">Reuters</a>)</p>
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<h2><strong>An investigation promised, but never publicly materialized</strong></h2>
<p>On March 4, 2024, the Prime Minister at the time, Succès Masra, announced a <strong>« international type survey »</strong>intended to establish responsibilities. More than two years later, no public mandate, no composition of international commission, no schedule of hearings and no identifiable final report have been issued. made accessible. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-opposition-figure-was-likely-shot-point-blank-range-experts-say-2024-04-08/" title="Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say | Reuters">Reuters</a>)</p>
<p>The file is even experiencing several official developments that are difficult to understand. reconcile.</p>
<p>In February 2025, Human Rights Watch reported that its director for Central Africa had mentioned the affair with the Chadian Minister of Justice during the summer 2024. According to the organization, the minister would then have considered the file as closed and estimated that no further investigation was necessary. (<a href="https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/02/28/toujours-Une-clarte-sur-la-mort-dun-opponent-tchadien" title="Still no clarity on the death of a Chadian opponent | Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>)</p>
<p>Yet, before the Committee; Human Rights Conference of the United Nations in March 2026, the Chadian delegation presented a completely different situation. She affirmed that that an investigation had been carried out. open, that an investigating judge had been seized and that the acts necessary to do so the manifestation of truth had yet to be accomplished. The delegation also maintained that some people called as part of the procedure did not appear. (<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/fr/meeting-summaries/2026/03/experts-human-rights-committee-welcome-efforts-chad-combat-trafficking" title="Examination of Chad at the Human Rights Committee: proven efforts and concrete gestures are welcomed, but there remains a gap between standards and the reality experienced by the people, it is underlined | OHCHR">Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights</a>)</p>
<p>The problem is therefore no longer just the absence of conclusions. It also lies in the absence of a coherent official chronology: <strong>was the case closed in 2024, as reported by Human Rights Watch, or still under investigation in 2026, as the Chadian government asserts before the UN?</strong> No public explanation allows, today, to reconcile these two presentations.</p>
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<h2><strong>The Chadian document transmitted to; the UN contains an impossible date</strong></h2>
<p>One of the most disturbing elements appears in the written responses sent by Chad to the Committee. of human rights.</p>
<p>The document states that after the death of Yaya Dillo, a judicial investigation against open on <strong>August 13, 2023</strong>. However, Yaya Dillo died on February 28, 2024, more than six months after the date mentioned. The same document indicates that another complaint with the constitution of a civil party from his wife was filed. transmitted to the investigating judge on October 9, 2024. (<a href="https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=D3ZXunSC1PJPvbB B%2FmJbJB6Ghl%2F2MLDwIuiBAm4R16LssqLUZKlLk1IWvJmoFs3wrY7tb1vwscVzdw%2BwKoetnw%3D%3D" title="CCPR/C/TCD/RQ/3">Docstore</a>)</p>
<p>The date of August 2023 is probably a material error, perhaps for August 2024. But in a case concerning the death of a political leader, this inconsistency is not trivial. It prevents us from determining precisely when the procedure began, on what complaint it is based and what investigations would have been carried out. carried out during the first months.</p>
<p>A credible investigation is not only measured by his announcement. It assumes traceability. : opening date, identity of of authority seizure, criminal qualification, preservation of evidence, hearings, expert opinions, protection of witnesses and minimum communication to civil parties.</p>
<p>On several of these points, public information remains incomplete.</p>
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<h2><strong>The UN now speaks of impunity</strong></h2>
<p>In March 2026, the Committee United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the his concluding observations on Chad. The text says it is concerned about by the lack of responsibility facing allegations of summary or extrajudicial executions committed in the country.</p>
<p>The Committee explicitly cites <strong>« the assassination of Yaya Dillo »</strong>during an operation carried out by security forces. He asks the Chadian state to investigate serious violations of human rights, to prosecute those allegedly responsible and to guarantee the victims and their families. their families with effective remedies. (<a href="https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/DownloadDraft.aspx?key=9DgTzKQcb+gZ%2FTitIefYzkFI%2FZsc+m30GwS2l8gfKieTOjud%2FPOgGlAXVdTweb59" title="CCPR/C/CAN/CO/7">tbinternet.ohchr.org</a>)</p>
<p>This formulation marks a turning point. It is no longer just a request from the family, an opposition party or a non-governmental organization. An international body responsible for to monitor the application of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights now places the Yaya Dillo case in a broader issue of the fight against impunity.</p>
<p>The UN, however, does not designate any individual author. Nor does it conclude that the Chadian presidency would have directly sponsored the attack. the operation. Above all, she notes that, despite severity accusations, accountability mechanisms remain insufficient.</p>
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<h2><strong>Paris: specific commitments, but no deadline</strong></h2>
<p>On April 29, 2025, Aurélien Taché had officially questioned the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. He asked in particular whether France would support an international investigation and whether the French ministries present in Chad at the time of the events would transmit their information to the authorities. justice. (<a href="https://questions.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/questions/QANR5L17QE6326.pdf" title="Written question no. 6326 - Document from the National Assembly">National Assembly</a>)</p>
<p>In its response published on May 27, 2025, the French government committed itself to à put at agrave; The relevant information held by the Ministries of the Armed Forces and Foreign Affairs will be made available to the French judicial authorities if proceedings were initiated in France.</p>
<p>Paris had also announced that it would support, with the European Union and the United Nations, the efforts in favor of an investigation<strong>« credible, impartial and independent »</strong>. French diplomacy also called for action. the release of people arbitrarily imprisoned. (<a href="https://questions.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/questions/QANR5L17QE6326.pdf" title="Written question no. 6326 - Document from the National Assembly">National Assembly</a>)</p>
<p>But the French response contains an important limit: Paris promises to<strong>support efforts</strong>, without announcing the creation of a commission, the appointment of experts or a diplomatic initiative with a deadline.</p>
<p>Yaya Dillo's family announced in June 2025 having filed a complaint against of assassination, citing the possible involvement of at least one French national. She also said having seized several United Nations mechanisms. It is about, At this stage, allegations made by the complainants, which will have to be established by a judicial investigation. (<a href="https://www.africapresse.paris/Assassinat-Yaya-Dillo-au-Tchad-Plainte-contre-X-en-France-et-saisine-des" title="Assassinat Yaya Dillo in Chad: Complaint against X in France and referral to the rapporteurs (…) - AfricaPresse.Paris ">AfricaPresse.Paris</a>)</p>
<p>In the public sources consulted by AxInfos, no French judicial decision, no indictment and no official communication detailing the progress of this complaint could be identified.</p>
<p>France, however, has a particular documentary interest. At the time of Yaya Dillo's death, it still maintained a significant military and diplomatic presence in Chad. Its last soldiers have left the country in January 2025, after the termination of the military cooperation agreement decided by N’Djamena. (<a href="https://apnews.com/article/bd1c1e5a075f3a4b0dba01801c081728?utm_source=chatgpt.com" title="France hands over last military base in Chad">AP News</a>)</p>
<p>Military withdrawal likely reduces military capacity. direct influence from Paris. However, it does not erase any archives possibly held during the material period nor the commitment made to cooperate with French justice.</p>
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<h2><strong>From the Yaya Dillo file to; the imprisonment of GCAP</strong></h2>
<p>The intervention of Aurélien Taché does not only concern the death of the former president of the PSF. She also denounces the incarceration of officials of the <strong>Consultation Group of Political Actors</strong>, the GCAP.</p>
<p>On April 24, 2026, the Chadian Supreme Court pronounced nullity of this coalition and declared its illegal activities. The GCAP then prepared a march aimed at denounce restrictions on public freedoms and the shrinking of political space. (<a href="https://fr.apanews.net/news/tchad-le-gcap-prend-acte-de-sa-dissolution/" title="Chad: GCAP takes note of its dissolution | APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine">APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine</a>)</p>
<p>The next day, eight of its managers were arrested. arrested. On May 8, the N’Djamena high court sentenced them to prison. eight years in prison and a fine of 500,000 CFA francs each, in particular for rebellion, insurrectional movement, assembly and illegal possession of weapons of war. (<a href="https://apnews.com/article/540eca227396b71afeb3d27238d8561c" title="Chadian court sentences 8 opposition leaders to 8 years in prison | AP News">AP News</a>)</p>
<p>The World Organization Against Torture and the Chadian League for Human Rights say several arrests have been made. carried out without summons or presentation of mandate. They also maintain that certain defendants were punished. interviewed without effective assistance from their lawyers and that the press as well as their relatives were attacked. prevented from attending the event the audience. These accusations are contestable before the competent courts, but they raise serious questions about compliance with procedural guarantees. (<a href="https://www.omct.org/fr/ressources/rapports/tchad-les-nations-unies-alert%C3%A9es-sur-la-condamnation-arbitraire-de-8-responsables-de-lopposition" title="OMCT | Chad: The United Nations alerted to the conviction...">OMCT</a>)</p>
<p>The condemnation of the GCAP comes after other episodes of pressure on the opposition. Robert Gam, general secretary of the PSF, had been detained for approximately eight months before being released. in June 2025 without having been formally charged, according to Human Rights Watch. (<a href="https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/chad" title="World Report 2026: Chad | Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>)</p>
<p>Taken separately, each of these files has its own facts and judicial qualifications. Put together At the end, they nevertheless outline an environment in which the opposition can be confronted successively with each other. administrative dissolution, the arrest, heavy sentences or political violence for which responsibilities are not fully established.</p>
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<h2><strong>The five questions a real investigation should answer</strong></h2>
<p>An independent investigation should determine precisely which unit is used. directed the assault on the PSF headquarters and under what chain of command.</p>
<p>It should establish the trajectory of the projectile that killed the victim. Yaya Dillo, the type of weapon used, the distance of the shot and the exact position of the victim.</p>
<p>It should verify the testimony according to which the opponent was allegedly attacked. captured alive, assertion reported by several sources to date. Reuters but which the agency could not confirm independently. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-opposition-figure-was-likely-shot-point-blank-range-experts-say-2024-04-08/" title="Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say | Reuters">Reuters</a>)</p>
<p>She should explain why the party headquarters was moved. destroyed before independent international expertise could be publicly organized.</p>
<p>Finally, it should determine what intelligence, images, diplomatic reports or operational information were held by the international partners present at the event. N’Djamena at the time of the events.</p>
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<h2><strong>What the documents allow to establish — and what they don't prove</strong></h2>
<p>Public evidence establishes that Yaya Dillo died during an operation conducted by security forces. against the headquarters of his party, that the authorities spoke of There was an exchange of gunfire and independent forensic experts considered it to be the case. the shooting as probably carried out à very short distance. (<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/01/chad-prominent-opposition-leader-killed" title="Chad: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed | Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>)</p>
<p>They also make it possible to establish that an international investigation was carried out. promised, but no public conclusion has been reached. produced. The Chadian authorities now affirm that a national investigation is open, while the UN considers that the question of responsibility remains open. remains whole. (<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/fr/meeting-summaries/2026/03/experts-human-rights-committee-welcome-efforts-chad-combat-trafficking" title="Examination of Chad at the Human Rights Committee: proven efforts and concrete gestures are welcomed, but there remains a gap between standards and the reality experienced by the people, it is underlined | OHCHR">Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights</a>)</p>
<p>On the other hand, the available documents do not make it possible to say with certainty who shot, who gave the gun. order, if an execution had been carried out planned or if French nationals participated in the event. à the operation.</p>
<p>It’s precisely to respond to this question. These questions indicate that an independent investigation is essential.</p>
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<h2><strong>A case that became a political test</strong></h2>
<p>The speech of Auréélien Taché does not constitute legal evidence. However, it has institutional significance: it obliges French diplomacy to to account for the commitments it has made itself.</p>
<p>Two years after the death of Yaya Dillo, the main visible result is still not a truth. judicial, but an accumulation of incompatible stories: an exchange of fire according to N’Djamena, a close shot according to N’ according to several experts, a case presented as closed in 2024, then as still under investigation before the UN in 2026.</p>
<p>À Added to this is an impossible date in an official document, the absence of a public report, the destruction of the site of the assault and the imprisonment of new opposition figures.</p>
<p><strong>The real scandal is therefore not only what we still don't know about the death of Yaya Dillo. It lies in the inability to persistent pressure from the institutions concerned to produce a verifiable, transparent and independent investigation.</strong></p>
<p>At the microphone of AxInfos, Aurélien Taché affirms that he will not let go of the file. From now on, the question is no longer just whether Paris and N'Djamena will once again promise that the light will be shed.</p>
<p>The question is <strong>when the evidence, procedures and responsibilities will finally come out of the shadows.</strong></p>
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