▁Cover age ▁of ▁imp unity ▁or ▁criticism ▁of ▁President ▁Id r iss ▁Deb y ▁It no ▁and ▁those ▁close ▁to ▁him ▁is ▁not ▁toler ated ▁and ▁can ▁lead ▁to ▁exp ulsion ▁( for ▁foreign ▁journal ists ), ▁to ▁ab du ction ▁and ▁arbitrary ▁det ention ▁( for ▁Ch ad ian ▁journal ists ) ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁closure ▁of ▁media ▁out lets ▁– ▁the ▁fate ▁suffered ▁by ▁a ▁week ly ▁newspaper ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁Journal ists ▁are ▁exposed ▁to ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁terror ism , ▁as ▁was ▁seen ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁when ▁a ▁national ▁TV ▁cam er aman ▁trav elling ▁with ▁an ▁army ▁con voy ▁was ▁killed ▁by ▁a ▁mine ▁in ▁the ▁road . ▁Journal ists ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁subject ed ▁to ▁violence ▁by ▁the ▁security ▁forces ▁while ▁covering ▁street ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁government ’ s ▁a uster ity ▁measures . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁calls ▁from ▁journal ists ’ ▁associations , ▁the ▁Ch ad ian ▁media ▁st aged ▁a ▁“ Day ▁without ▁Press ” ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁in ▁which ▁media ▁out lets ▁stopped ▁broadcast ing ▁and ▁publishing ▁for ▁an ▁entire ▁day ▁to ▁den ounce ▁the ▁attacks ▁on ▁journal ists ▁and ▁media ▁by ▁the ▁political ▁police ▁and ▁regular ▁police , ▁which ▁enjoy ▁complete ▁imp unity . ▁A ▁month ▁later , ▁the ▁authorities ▁blocked ▁access ▁to ▁social ▁media ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁restore ▁it ▁until ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁after ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 7 0 ▁days . ▁This