International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House (Toronto)
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November 12
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Cameroon: Journalists Arrested for Covering Secessionist Gathering
The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Cameroonian officials to drop criminal charges against a journalist arrested last month in the southwestern town of Buea for... Read more »
October 16
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Cameroon: Report Condemns Threats to Free Expression in Cameroon [press release]
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... Read more »
July 11
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Cameroon: Writer's Detention Extended, but Still No Charges Laid [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) has seen documentation showing that the jailed Cameroonian writer Enoh Meyomesse will continue to be detained at Kondengui Central Prison in... Read more »
June 22
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Cameroon: All Charges Against Writer Dropped, but He Remains in Prison Facing Blindness [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International welcomes reports that all charges against writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse have been dropped, but we are outraged that... Read more »
April 3
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Cameroon: Officials Stifling Freedom of Association, Says Freedom House [press release]
A workshop held on March 27 by SID'ADO (YOUTH AGAINST HIV/AIDS), a registered Cameroonian civic organization, focusing on human rights and sexual orientation was interrupted by... Read more »
February 8
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Cameroon: Coup Charges Against Writer Dropped, Still Faces Military Tribunal [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is relieved by reports that the coup charges against the writer and political activist Enoh Meyomesse have been dropped,... Read more »
January 25
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Cameroon: Writer Detained, Faces Up to 50 Years in Prison [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the extended detention and ill-treatment of the writer and political activist Enoh Meyomesse by the Cameroonian... Read more »
October 14, 2011
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Cameroon: Media Repression Reported by IFEX Members Ahead of Elections [press release]
In the week leading up to Cameroon's national elections, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) conducted a press freedom mission that concluded both the country's media laws and... Read more »
May 19, 2011
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Cameroon: Human Rights Watch Urges Government to Eliminate Law Used to Entrap for Sexual Orientation [press release]
The March arrest, conviction, and sentencing of Roger Jean-Claude Mbede to three years in prison for being homosexual is a gross violation of Mbede's rights to freedom of... Read more »
May 10, 2011
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Cameroon: Author Jailed for Insult Released [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International welcomes the release of author Bertrand Teyou on 29 April 2011 after almost six months in prison for allegedly insulting... Read more »
April 14, 2011
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Cameroon: Songwriter Released [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International welcomes the release of singer-songwriter Lapiro de Mbanga (real name: Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo) on 8 April 2011. Read more »
March 30, 2011
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Cameroon: Author Jailed for Insulting President's Wife [press release]
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International condemns the imprisonment of author Bertrand Teyou, detained since November 2010 for 'insulting' President Biya's wife... Read more »
March 15, 2011
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Cameroon: Freedom House Calls for Release of Political And Civil Society Activists [press release]
Freedom House is deeply concerned about the well-being of eight political and civil society activists who have been arbitrarily arrested in Cameroon and urges authorities to... Read more »
December 2, 2010
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Cameroon: Editors Released Conditionally On Orders of President [press release]
Mintya, the editor of the weekly "Le Devoir" and chair of the ethics board of Union des Journalists Libres du Cameroun, and Sabouang, publisher of the bimonthly newspaper "La... Read more »
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