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March 7, 2019

Cameroon Cracks Down on Opponents

Cameroon’s High Court refused to release opposition leader Maurice Kamto, as well as six of his supporters, who were arrested in January on politically motivated charges.

Africa

March 7, 2019 Dispatches

Cameroon Cracks Down on Opponents

Lewis Mudge
Director, Central Africa
Africa

February 20, 2019 Dispatches

Residents Caught in Outbreak of Violence in Cameroon

Lewis Mudge
Director, Central Africa
Africa

January 30, 2019 News Release

Cameroon: Opposition Leaders Arrested

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March 21, 2013 Video

Cameroon: Abuses in 'Homosexuality' Prosecutions
February 14, 2013 Video

Cameroon: Stop Threats to Lawyers
July 19, 2018 Video

Video: Cameroon in Crisis

Reports More Reports

July 19, 2018

“These Killings Can Be Stopped”

Abuses by Government and Separatist Groups in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
September 27, 2017

“They Forced Us Onto Trucks Like Animals”

Cameroon’s Mass Forced Return and Abuse of Nigerian Refugees
March 21, 2013

Guilty by Association

Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law

News

March 12, 2019 Statement

UN Human Rights Council Should Act on Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Cameroon, and the Philippines
January 28, 2019 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Cameroon
November 6, 2018 Dispatches

Free Cameroon’s Kidnapped School Children

Jonathan Pedneault
Researcher, Emergencies
September 23, 2018 Statement

UN Rights Review of Cameroon Comes at Critical Moment
July 23, 2018 Commentary

Cameroon’s Schools Are Under Attack, And The UK Can Help Stop It

Bede Sheppard
Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Politics.co.uk
July 19, 2018 News Release

Cameroon: Killings, Destruction in Anglophone Regions
July 19, 2018 Interview

Interview: Stoking Fires in Cameroon

Birgit Schwarz
Senior Press Officer
May 29, 2018 News Release

Cameroon: Armed Separatists Holding School Principal
February 27, 2018 News Release

Algeria: New Wave of Deportations
October 30, 2017 Commentary

End Cameroon’s Abuses of Refugees

Gerry Simpson
Associate Director, Refugee Rights Program

Published In: The Progressive
September 27, 2017 News Release

Cameroon: Mass Forced Return of Nigerian Refugees
March 13, 2017 Commentary

‘Your Children Will Die if You Don’t Stop’

Published In: Joop

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Cameroon

World Report 2019

Cameroon

An "Utter Scandal" in Russia: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Outrage as human rights defender jailed in Chechnya, Russia; Thailand's elections won't be free and fair; why won't Egypt's government help find a missing politician?; scapegoating LGBT people and reproductive health in Poland; ill-treatment of jailed democracy activist in China; and how a key decision tomorrow could help determine the future political direction of Europe.