Cameroon's Bogus Account of Journalist's Death Is "Obscene," RSF Says

press release

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the bogus account of regional TV presenter Samuel Wazizi's death that the Cameroonian authorities have provided after finally admitting he died while in military custody ten months ago, and calls for an impartial and independent investigation into the circumstances leading to his death.

The statement signed by the defence ministry's press spokesman that was read out on the state radio and TV broadcaster CRTV yesterday fell far short of providing a credible explanation of how Wazizi came to die two weeks after his arrest in Buea, the capital of the English-speaking South-West Region, in August 2019.

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