In March and April 1995, several dozen people from the two Logones suspected of supporting the FARF were arrested and detained in the prefecture of Logone Occidental. Most of them were ill-treated including being chained in groups of six, with handcuffs and heavy fetters. Political opponents are often charged with recognizably criminal offences to justify their arrest. In complete disregard of legal procedures, detainees are often taken from their cells for interrogation without the authorization of the public prosecutor. Several detainees have died as a result of torture after being taken from their cells in this way.
Systematic rape is also part of the policy of repression and intimidation of defenceless victims.
In some instances, after committing a rape, the security forces even go so far as to force their victims' husbands to follow their example in public. Not only are the humiliated menfolk unable to protect their wives, but they are reduced themselves by these acts to the status of torturers. In 1995 Chad ratified major international human rights treaties. There appears little political will however to implement these treaties. Equally, while Chad has played with semantics by changing the names of certain security services, there has been no change in their repressive functions.