Amnesty International has called on Cameroon to immediately release 84 children who have been held for months without charge, after the teachers at their Quranic schools were accused of running terrorist training camps.
According to Amnesty, some of the children are as young as five years. Ilaria Allegrozzi is a researcher for the rights group. She told DW that the children pose no serious threat to Cameroon's security.
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