Chad GRADES: Individual grades: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5 Average: 4,7 1.5. The protection of a confidential source of information is guaranteed by law. ANALYSIS: There is no legal disposition that protects the sources of confidential information but in practice journalists do not mention their source; and no journalist that was taken in for questioning was obliged to reveal his source. GRADES Individual grades: 4, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average: 1, 7 1.6. Public information is easily accessible, guaranteed by law to all citizens and fulfilled by journalists ANALYSIS: There is no law that guarantees access to information and that obliges the holders to apply it. More often, because of fear of sanctions imposed by hierarchical superiors, the argument of duty is branded by public servants in order to refuse sharing information with journalists. Some media companies are considered to be allies of the government and others by the opposition. Then, every media company gets access to privileged information depending on which side they The African Media Barometer (AMB) - Chad 2007 47