Cameroon Misusing Anti-Terror Laws - Report

Parliament enacted a broad anti-terror law as part of effort to counter the extremist group Boko Haram, but media protection group says authorities are using it to arrest and threaten local journalists who report on the militants or unrest in the country's English-speaking regions.

Journalists who faced a military tribunal for covering protests and unrest in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. They were freed under a presidential decree.

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