Charity group chief denies Chadian kidnapping charges

THE head of a French charity on trial with five colleagues in Chad yesterday denied kidnapping 103 children, saying he believed in good faith they were saving orphans from Darfur.

Charity group chief denies Chadian kidnapping charges

“I refute the charges I am accused of. I intend to respond point by point,” Eric Breteau, head of Arche de Zoe (Zoe’s Ark), told a courtroom on the first day of the trial.

The six French workers could face 20-year hard labour terms in a case that has raised questions about the integrity of non-governmental aid organisations and strained ties between Chad and its former colonial power.

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