(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 29 May 1998, on 28 May, Aime Mathurin Moussi, publication editor for the private weekly “La Plume du Jour,” was arrested at his home in Yaounde, by three men in plainclothes who identified themselves as police officers. The journalist was taken by force to an […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 29 May 1998,
on 28 May, Aime Mathurin Moussi, publication editor for the private weekly
“La Plume du Jour,” was arrested at his home in Yaounde, by three men in
plainclothes who identified themselves as police officers. The journalist
was taken by force to an unknown location. There were uniformed police
officers in one of the three vehicles parked outside his home.
Aime Mathurin Moussi has been summoned, along with other members of the
editorial staff, to appear at the headquarters of external research
(political police) on 7 June 1998.
Furthermore, “La Plume du Jour” has been the victim of a publication ban,
without any official explanation, since 12 September 1997. The 11 September
edition contained two articles, “A Moraliser without Morals” and “Who
Profits from the Prisons?”, which criticised power and the penitentiary
system respectively (see IFEX alert of 13 January 1998).
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Cameroon
ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of which
recognizes the freedom to inform and be informed, as well as the African
Charter of Human Rights, Article 9 of which guarantees the same rights
the international community
being
held, as well as doing everything possible to obtain his unconditional
release if his arrest is connected to his profession
Appeals To
Mr. Paul Biya
President of the Republic
Presidential Palace
Yaounde – Cameroon
Telec: +237 23 30 22/ 237 22 16 99
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