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Chad Pardons, Frees
French 'Orphan' Kidnappers 

Chad's president pardons aid workers

BBC BBC Apr 1, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The six men imprisoned for kidnapping 103 Chadian children have been pardoned and freed from a French prison, reports the BBC. Convicted in Chad and sentenced to hard labor, the members of charity group Zoe's Ark had been transferred to a facility in France, and received a pardon from Chadian president Idriss Deby yesterday. More »

More about:  France • kidnapping • Darfur • Chad • pardon • aid workers • Idriss Deby • Zoe's Ark

Chad 'Kidnappers' in France

Aid workers will serve out Chadian sentences in homeland

Reuters Reuters Dec 28, 07 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Six charity workers convicted of kidnapping children in Chad arrived today in their native France, where they are expected to serve out 8-year sentences, Reuters reports. The six, employees of humanitarian group Zoe’s Ark, will meet with a prosecutor to decide their prison placement. By serving their sentences in France, they swapped a Chadian court’s sentence of hard labor for jail time. More »

More about:  France • Darfur • adoption • Chad • orphan • Zoe's Ark

Chad To Return Convicted Kidnappers To France

Zoe's Ark members will avoid sentences of hard labor

CNN CNN Dec 28, 07 5:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The six French charity workers convicted in Chad of attempting to kidnap 103 children they claimed were Darfuri orphans will return to France. It's unclear whether the French justice system will reduce their 8-year sentences. The Zoe's Ark charity workers, scheduled to return on a special flight, claimed they were acting out of compassion and intended to place the children in French homes. More »

More about:  France • Darfur • Chad • Zoe's Ark

Alleged French Kidnappers Go on Trial in Chad

Charity workers on hunger strike; they face 20 years hard labor

BBC BBC Dec 21, 07 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Six French citizens accused of the attempted kidnapping of 103 children have gone on trial in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, in a courtroom surrounded by riot police and packed with journalists. The members of the Zoe's Ark charity, who claim that the children were orphans from Darfur whom they were taking to foster families in France, have gone on hunger strike. If found guilty, they face 20 years of hard labor, reports the BBC. More »

More about:  France • Darfur • Chad • Zoe's Ark

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