We, the Southern Cameroon community resident in South Africa have
observed with consternation the heavy crackdown on peaceful protesters
following the strike action initiated by Common Law Lawyers, Teachers
Trade Unions among other civil society organisations in the NW and SW
regions of Cameroon, resulting in the brutal killing, rape, torture,
maiming and arbitrary arrest of the protesters for legitimately claiming
the constitutional right to fair and equitable treatment.
We would like to call the attention of the government that in the
midst of its conspicuous silence since the beginning of the crisis over
three months ago, no meaningful dialogue can effectively take place
while many of those arrested remain incarcerated under dehumanising
conditions with some feared dead
We would also like to remind the government of its constitutional
duty as well as the commitments it has undertaken both at the African
regional level and internationally to respect and protect the human
rights of all the peoples of Cameroon without discrimination. Notable
among the treaties that the government has ratified and is therefore
obligated to comply with are the African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
UN Convention against Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, which guarantee the right to liberty and security of
every human person.
On this basis, we call on the government as part of its human rights
obligations to immediately and unconditionally release the remaining of
the detainees that were arrested during and after the protests as a
pre-requisite to constructive dialogue towards dealing with the crisis.
Those still in detention are: 1- Tamngwa Malvin 2- Tambou Cedric 3-
Nde Emmanuel 4- Muluh Sylvain 5-Tsi Conrad 6- Ngu Clinton 7- Timah Elvis
8- Ambe Chart 9- Fonkeng Evaritu 10- Nsoh Ringobert 11- Tah Emile 12-
Amah Elvis (Very Sick) 13- Tita Desmond (Very Sick)
#BRING BACK OUR BOYS #BRING BACK OUR BOYS
Bring back our Southern Cameroons brothers that have been held captive in unknown detention/concentration camps in La Republique du Cameroun. Those boys deserve better treatment for claiming their universally recognised human right to self-determination.