(RSF/IFEX) – According to RSF, on 16 January 1998, Samuel Eleme, publication director of the magazine “La Detente”, was convicted of “defamation” and sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 10,000FF. This conviction follows from a series of articles published in October 1997 accusing John Mandengue Epee, director of a Cameroonian insurance […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to RSF, on 16 January 1998, Samuel Eleme, publication
director of the magazine “La Detente”, was convicted of “defamation” and
sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 10,000FF. This conviction
follows from a series of articles published in October 1997 accusing John
Mandengue Epee, director of a Cameroonian insurance company, of having
committed a number of thefts in Nigeria before coming to Cameroon as a refugee.
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Civil and Political Rights, Article 19 of which guarantees the freedom to
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Article 9 of which guarantees the same rights and calling on Cameroon to
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