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Cameroon: Inmates ‘packed like sardines’ in overcrowded prisons following Anglophone protests

More than 500 people detained in towns including Bamenda and Buea Wounded protestors flee hospitals for fear of arrest Arrested...

Cameroon: Seventeen killed following protests in Anglophone regions

Amnesty International can confirm that at least 17 people have been killed by the security forces following yesterday’s protests in...

Cameroon: Worrying reports of deaths in protests in the Anglophone regions

Following worrying reports that several people have been shot dead by security forces in massive protests- some of which turned...

Cameroon: Release of Anglophone leaders a relief but others still languish in prison

In response to today’s presidential decision to drop all charges against civil society leaders and several others arrested in connection...

Cameroon: Amnesty report reveals war crimes in fight against Boko Haram, including horrific use of torture

Detainees subjected to severe beatings, agonising stress positions and drownings, with some tortured to death Widespread torture at 20 sites,...

Cameroon: Conviction and sentence of Radio France Internationale journalist a travesty of justice

The conviction and sentencing of a journalist by a military court in Cameroon to 10 years in prison after an...

Cameroon: Arrests and civil society bans risk inflaming tensions in English-speaking regions

The Cameroonian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two civil society leaders arrested in the English-speaking part of the country,...

Cameroon: Excessive force that led to deaths of protesters must be urgently investigated

Authorities in Cameroon must investigate the use of excessive and unnecessary force that led to the deaths of between two...

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