Cameroon

Writer and historian Enoh Meyomesse, currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in a Cameroonian jail, is being prevented from writing and has effectively had three of his new works confiscated.

In a wave of censorship, Cameroon has indefinitely banned two TV programs for what regulators considered violent content and another three radio programs on vague charges of ethics violations, according to news reports.

In a wave of censorship, Cameroon has indefinitely banned two TV programs for what regulators considered violent content and another three radio programs on vague charges of ethics violations, according to news reports.

Jean-Marie Tchatchouang was sentenced to two months in prison after having published articles covering allegations of embezzlement against the CEO of a Douala bus company.

Send a letter to the Cameroonian authorities telling them to free writer and political activist Enoh Meyomesse, sentenced to 7 years in prison, and banned from writing. His next hearing is 18 July.

Enoh Meyomesse was convicted on charges of supposed complicity in the theft and illegal sale of gold. Since his arrest, there have been serious concerns about the charges against him, including reports that the prosecution fabricated evidence.

A court has sentenced fugitive journalist Simon Hervé Nko’o to 15 years in prison and passed suspended two-year jail sentences on Serge Sabouang and Robert Mintya. The journalists are accused of having forged the presidential chief of staff’s signature.

Martin Yembe Fon and Baature Edua Mvochou were arrested while covering a peaceful secessionist gathering at a church in Buea. Edua now faces a charge of unlawful assembly.

Free expression is under threat in Cameroon, according to a report submitted this week to the UN Human Rights Council by PEN International, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Internet Sans Frontières.

A judge ordered that Enoh Meyomesse be held in prison for six more months while prosecutors search for evidence against him.

Despite facing no charges, Enoh Meyomesse is still being held in the overcrowded Kondengui Central Prison in Yaoundé.

(Freedom House/IFEX) – April 12, 2012 – Phillipe Nanga, Cyrille Bechon, and Herve Nzousabet, leaders of local human rights organizations in Cameroon, were detained on April 11 as they sought to meet with the Speaker of the National Assembly to discuss the draft Electoral Code, which is being debated during an extraordinary session of parliament. […]

A workshop held by SID’ADO, a registered civic organisation, focusing on human rights and sexual orientation was interrupted by demonstrators who declared that homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon and that the meeting would not take place.

There have been worrying allegations that the evidence against Enoh Meyomesse is fabricated.

There are allegations that the charges of “attempting a coup,” “possessing a firearm,” and “aggravated theft” faced by Enoh Meyomesse are based on fabricated evidence.

RSF is calling on the government to enact a series of reforms that are needed to improve media freedom, including a new media law and the decriminalisation of press offences.