Explainer: In Cameroon, journalists can’t breathe as obnoxious laws stifle press freedom
By Ndi Eugene Ndi Journalists in Sierra Leone are now heaving sighs of relief after the repeal – following a grueling 55-year struggle – of a law that served as a tool used by authorities to curtail press freedom. On October 28, President Julius Maada…
Canada urges Cameroon to give Anglophones more autonomy
The Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon, Richard Bale has urged conflicting parties in the country’s North West and South West regions to come together and seek a lasting solution. Government, he adds, should give more room for Anglophones to manage their affairs, as part of…
Cameroon: Opposition Leaders, Supporters Detained
(Nairobi) – Cameroonian security forces fired tear gas and water cannons and arrested hundreds of people, mainly opposition party members and supporters, to disperse peaceful protests across the country on September 22, 2020. Many peaceful protesters were beaten and mistreated while being arrested and in detention. Cameroon’s…
Press Release: UN Petition Filed For Cameroonian Journalist Thomas Awah Jr
Washington, D.C. – On October 8, 2020, Freedom Now and Dechert LLP filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Cameroonian journalist Thomas Awah, Jr. Freedom Now and Dechert LLP argue that Cameroon’s detention of Awah violates the government’s obligations under…
Cameroon Journalists Say They Are Regularly Abused, Brutalized
FILE – Cameroonian policemen patrol the market in the majority English-speaking province in Buea, Oct. 3, 2018. Police detained at least eight journalists covering protests in Yaounde and Douala on Sept. 22, 2020. YAOUNDE – Cameroon’s journalism association has called on authorities to immediately and…
Attack on the press: Arrest of Tah Mai Javis once again shows government antics to suffocate independent media
In an eventful day in the economic capital, Douala which was marked by a series of violent clashes between protesters and the forces of law, Tah Mai Javis, a journalist with Douala-based media house, My Media Prime TV was arbitrarily taken away by the police…
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