Lawyers in Chad have vowed to stop work during a mass trial, due to start Tuesday, of more than 400 people detained over deadly anti-government protests.
Around 50 people — including 10 members of the security forces died when police opened fire on demonstrators in the capital N’Djamena and several other cities on October 20.
But opposition groups say the actual toll was much higher, with unarmed civilians massacred.
The trial of the 401 detainees is set to run until December 4 inside the high-security prison of Koro Toro in the middle of the desert.