Cameroon

The Cameroonian government’s continued violation of legal rights continues with the increased sentences two journalists of the “Kalara” publication received on their appeal.

Ongoing political volatility raised a notch as Cameroonian authorities brutally assault and arbitrarily arrest and detain numerous journalists covering opposition protests.

In the absence of an impartial and independent investigation, Reporters Without Borders is appealing to 3 UN Special Rapporteurs to look into the death of Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi.

The callous announcement of journalist Samuel Wazizi’s passing by Cameroonian authorities, ten months after his death, has been described as obscene by Reporters Without Borders.

Reporters Without Borders has made a formal request to the UN special rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, to secure the release of ailing Cameroonian journalist Amadou Vamoulké.

A mock celebration of jailed Cameroon journalist Amadou Vamoulké’s birthday outside the Cameroonian embassy in Paris, shines the spotlight on his continued incarceration.

Cameroonian Attorney General’s request to reject the request for journalist Amadou Vamoulké’s release may endanger his health further. The court’s decision is expected on 28 November.

The Cameroonian government is urged to take measures against the ongoing attacks against journalists and activists in Cameroon by AFEX and its member in Cameroon, ADISI-Cameroon.

The continued detention of Cameroonian journalist Paul Chouta is being described as an action that is not commensurate with the charges being brought against him. His case was postponed yet again, because the plaintiff failed to turn up.

The Cameroonian poet who got himself kicked out of prison.

Authorities are urged to ensure that those who beat and stabbed reporter Paul Chouta are swiftly brought to justice.

Two journalists from privately owned Cameroonian daily newspaper Le Jour were arrested while covering a gathering of opposition party members in the city of Douala.

RSF is reiterating its call for the immediate release of leading Cameroonian journalist Amadou Vamoulké, in prison on trumped-up charges since July 2016. He is due to appear in court on 4 December in a trial already postponed 14 times in a row.

Michel Biem Tong, editor of the privately owned Hurinews website, was summoned to the State Secretariat for Defense in the capital, Yaoundé and detained without being charged.

Reporters Without Borders welcomes radio reporter Ahmed Abba’s imminent release after a military appeal court in Yaoundé reduced his jail sentence on terrorism charges from 10 years to 24 months.

Cameroonian authorities detained Patrice Nganang as he attempted to fly to Zimbabwe from Douala. His lawyer told CPJ that Nganang is being held on accusations of offending the president in a Facebook post.