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Cameroon:
Military Says Missing Journalist Died in Military Hospital
VOA, 8 June 2020
There has been massive condemnation in Cameroon after the central African state’s military bowed to pressure from rights groups and journalists Friday and issued a statement… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Military Admits Journalist Wazizi Died 10 Months Ago
RFI, 5 June 2020
Cameroonian Anglophone Pidgin journalist Samuel Wazizi died on 17 August 2019, and he was not tortured, according to a statement from the Cameroonian Ministry of Defense and read… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Cameroon Regime Confirms TV Anchor's Death in Detention
DW, 5 June 2020
Samuel Wazizi disappeared off the television and in person when police came for him on 2 August 2019 and handed him to the military. His death in detention came to light this week. Read more »
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Cameroon:
Journalists Blast Government Silence on Case of Missing Colleague
VOA, 5 June 2020
Journalists in Cameroon have marched to government offices to demand an account of their missing colleague, Samuel Wazizi, after local media this week reported he was died in… Read more »
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Cameroon:
After Months of Uncertainty, Anglophone Cameroon Journalist Wazizi Reported Killed in Custody
RFI, 4 June 2020
Some 300 days after popular Pidgin journalist Samuel Wazizi was arrested and held incommunicado by police in the south-western city of Buea, his alleged torture and death were… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Govt Mute On TV Anchor's Reported Death in Detention
DW, 4 June 2020
Samuel Wazizi disappeared off the television and in person when police came for him on 2 August 2019 and handed him to the military. Reports of his death came to light this week. Read more »
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Cameroon:
Govt Silent on Reports That Detained Journalist Died in Military Custody
VOA, 4 June 2020
Journalists and activists in Cameroon are calling on the government to respond to media reports this week that the military has killed in detention journalist Samuel Wazizi. The… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Journalist Samuel Wazizi Died in Detention
RSF, 4 June 2020
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for a thorough and independent investigation into the circumstances leading to Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi's death while held… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Will TV Presenter Finally Be Produced Alive in Court Today?
RSF, 28 May 2020
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the fate of a TV presenter known as Samuel Wazizi in Buea, the capital of Cameroon's English-speaking South-West… Read more »
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Cameroon:
CPJ Demands Govt Account for Arrested Journalist Samuel Wazizi
CPJ, 3 June 2020
Cameroonian authorities must immediately disclose the whereabouts and the health and legal status of imprisoned journalist Samuel Wazizi, the Committee to Protect Journalists said… Read more »