ABBAS KOTY

'Abbas Koty Yacoub' (1952"Les martyrs du CNR", cnrdutchad.com .–October 22 1993Chad Human Rights Practices, 1993, U.S. Department of State.) was a Chadian political figure and rebel leader. He was a leading member of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, and after it seized power in Chad in December 1990, he was promoted to colonel and became army chief of staff. In May 1991 he became Minister of Defense under President Idriss Déby; later, he became Minister of Public Works and Transport. He led an unsuccessful coup attempt against Déby on June 18 1992"Chronology for Southerners in Chad", cidcm.umd.edu. and went into exile in Cameroon, where he was one of the founders of the National Committee for Recovery (CNR) on June 21. In November 1992, he was elected as the group's president. On August 15 1993, he signed a peace agreement with the government in Tripoli, Libya,"Chad: Information on the circumstances surrounding the death of Abbas Kotti (Koty) and whether there were other deaths or arrests", Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada (UNHCR.org). and subsequently returned to Chad. On October 16 he signed an agreement providing for the transformation of the CNR into a political party, as well as the integration of group's fighters into the army. On October 22, however, Koty was shot and killed in N'Djamena by security forces. According to the government, he had been plotting a coup and had resisted arrest, but the CNR denied this and said that he was killed because Déby perceived him as a threat due to his popularity. A U.S. State Department human rights report also cast doubt on the official account, alleging that there was "strong evidence that this was a political killing".

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