CHAD’S electoral commission announced on Sunday (27 May) that President Idriss Deby won more than 67% of the vote at presidential polls on 20 May, while his main rival, Ngarledjy Yorongar, scored about 13%. However, all six opposition candidates maintain that the elections were fraudulent and their parties appealed on Friday for the annulment of the polls, law professor Dionko Maounde told IRIN from Ndjamena. The six politicians were arrested twice this week: on Monday as they planned a protest rally, and on Wednesday ahead of the burial of a student shot by security forces during Monday’s arrests. Maounde confirmed news reports that Yorongar was beaten during his detention on Wednesday.