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Cameroon: Top New York Lawyers File Case With UN Over Jailed Journalist
allAfrica, 17 November 2020
The foundation set up by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and her husband, movie star George, is taking up with the United Nations the case of independent journalist Paul Chouta,… Read more »
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Cameroon: Journalist Still Held in Stalled Defamation Case
RSF, 11 July 2019
Well-known Cameroonian journalist Paul Chouta's continuing detention is out of all proportion to the defamation and false news charges brought against him, Reporters Without… Read more »
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Cameroon: Journalist's Detention Contravenes African Rights Charter - Report
ABA, 17 June 2020
Today marks Paul Chouta's 388th day in pretrial detention on speech-related charges. The American Bar Association's Center for Human Rights has been monitoring the proceedings… Read more »
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Cameroon: Reporter Attacked With Knife Outside His Home
CPJ, 1 February 2019
Cameroonian authorities should immediately investigate an attack on Paul Chouta, a reporter for the privately owned news website Cameroon Web, and ensure that those who assaulted… Read more »
Clooney Foundation Goes to UN to Fight For Cameroon Journalist
A top New York law firm representing the Clooney Foundation for Justice is filing a challenge to the detention of independent journalist Paul Chouta with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Chouta was detained in May 2019 on charges of publishing defamatory material and false news, but his trial has since been adjourned 16 times.
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Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi died on 17 August 2019, and he was not tortured, according to a statement from the Cameroonian Ministry of Defence and read out over ... Read more »
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Cameroonian security forces fired tear gas and water cannons and arrested hundreds of people, mainly opposition party members and supporters, to disperse peaceful protests across ... Read more »
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President Paul Biya, who came to power 38 years ago on November 6, maintains his position as Africa's second-longest-ruling leader. He is only beaten by Teodoro Obiang Nguema of ... Read more »
