Chad's Supreme Court in N'Djamena has rejected a final appeal by former Prime Minister Succès Masra, making permanent his 20-year prison sentence for charges including spreading racist and xenophobic messages, criminal association, and complicity in murder. The court linked a message Masra posted in 2023 to deadly intercommunal clashes that erupted two years later in Mandakao, a town in southern Chad. Masra's lawyers and supporters in his Transformateurs party have condemned the ruling as politically motivated, and are now exploring avenues before regional or international courts, while party members have called for a presidential pardon or amnesty.