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Cameroon: Media Mogul, Officers Charged in Journalist's Death
VOA, 6 March 2023
A military court in Cameroon over the weekend charged a media mogul, a military officer, and a police commissioner with complicity in the January torture and killing of journalist… Read more »
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Cameroon: Cameroonian Police Arrest Businessman Investigated by Murdered Journalist Martinez Zogo
CPJ, 6 February 2023
In response to news reports that Cameroonian police on Monday arrested Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga and two of his associates in connection to the investigation into the murder of… Read more »
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Cameroon: Cameroonian Journalist Zogo's Murder Was a State Crime, Official Confesses
RSF, 6 February 2023
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has learned that many Cameroonian intelligence officers have been arrested in connection with journalist Martinez Zogo’s murder, and that a… Read more »
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Cameroon: CPJ Calls for Transparency in Cameroon's Investigation Into Journalist Zogo's Death
CPJ, 6 February 2023
In response to multiple news reports that police arrested several people, including prominent members of Cameroon’s security forces, in connection to their investigation into… Read more »
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Cameroon: Media Community Mourns Killing of Radio Journalist
VOA, 27 January 2023
Cameroon journalists are calling for an investigation and say their profession is in danger after a popular radio host investigating government corruption was found dead. Read more »
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Cameroon: Journalists Call for Investigation After Abduction, Death of Prominent Radio Reporter
VOA, 23 January 2023
Cameroonian journalists are calling for an independent investigation after popular radio reporter Martinez Zogo was found dead in the capital, Yaounde. Zogo was abducted last week… Read more »
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Cameroon: Investigative Journalists Want More Protection
DW, 24 January 2023
After the murder of their colleague Martinez Zogo, a government critic, Cameroonian journalists have said they won't be intimidated and give up. Press bodies and media… Read more »
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Cameroon: Missing Journalist Found Dead
DW, 22 January 2023
A Cameroonian journalist's mutilated body was found outside the capital five days after he disappeared. He had reportedly discussed on his radio show an embezzlement case involving… Read more »
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Cameroon: TAEF statement on the deaths of Rwandan and Cameroonian journalists
The African Editors' Forum, 23 January 2023
The African Editors Forum (TAEF) is shocked and angered at the death of two prominent African journalists - John Williams Ntwali from Rwanda and Martinez Zogo of Cameroon. Read more »
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Cameroon: Journalist Martinez Zogo Abducted By Unidentified Men
CPJ, 19 January 2023
In response to news reports that unidentified individuals kidnapped Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo Tuesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following… Read more »
Three Charged for Complicity in Cameroonian Journalist's Murder
A military court in Cameroon has reportedly charged three people with complicity in the January torture and killing of journalist Martinez Zogo.
Voice of America is quoting Cameroon media as saying that business tycoon and media mogul Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Danwe, and Police Commissioner Maxime Eko Eko are being held in a maximum-security prison along with several policemen and civilians. A Yaoundé military tribunal charged the three men on Saturday March 4, 2023 with complicity in the torture that led to Zogo's death in January.
Cameroon laws state that crimes involving the use of weapons, especially guns, can be handled by a military court.
Seven other suspects detained in a series of February raids, including one on Belinga's house, were released on Saturday without charges.
Journalists in Cameroon are calling for justice despite receiving threats since Zogo's killing and, just days later, the killing of Jean Jacques Ola Bebe, a radio host who was also calling for justice.
