A French Cameroun government case
against 37 innocent Southern Cameroons civilians abducted in Taraba State in
Nigeria which raised fears of President Buhari’s interference in the Ambazonia
crisis has been adjourned to the 2nd of January 2020.
The 37 Southern Cameroons asylum seekers
in the Federal Republic of Nigeria were abducted on the 31st of December 2017
and illegally deported to French Cameroun and are facing charges of terrorism
acts of terrorism, secession, and lack of National Identification Cards.
Cameroon Concord News understands that they were illegally deported
to French Cameroun on the 26th of January 2018 and spent a year incommunicado
in the bunkers of the National Gendarmerie Headquarters (SED) in Yaoundé
without access to sunlight, no medical attention and are undergoing torture.
The 37 were later transferred to
the Kondengui Central Prison on the 04th January 2019 where they have spent
another year marking two years of unlawful detention without trial. They were
meant to appear before the Military Court in Yaoundé for the 3rd time today.
The European Union and the United
States government have voiced concerns on the deteriorating human rights
situation in French Cameroun vis a vis the Southern Cameroons crisis. The next
hearing is due to take place on Jan. 2nd.
5, December 2019
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yaounde Military Tribunal adjourns trial of Taraba 37 0
A French Cameroun government case against 37 innocent Southern Cameroons civilians abducted in Taraba State in Nigeria which raised fears of President Buhari’s interference in the Ambazonia crisis has been adjourned to the 2nd of January 2020.
The 37 Southern Cameroons asylum seekers in the Federal Republic of Nigeria were abducted on the 31st of December 2017 and illegally deported to French Cameroun and are facing charges of terrorism acts of terrorism, secession, and lack of National Identification Cards.
Cameroon Concord News understands that they were illegally deported to French Cameroun on the 26th of January 2018 and spent a year incommunicado in the bunkers of the National Gendarmerie Headquarters (SED) in Yaoundé without access to sunlight, no medical attention and are undergoing torture.
The 37 were later transferred to the Kondengui Central Prison on the 04th January 2019 where they have spent another year marking two years of unlawful detention without trial. They were meant to appear before the Military Court in Yaoundé for the 3rd time today.
The European Union and the United States government have voiced concerns on the deteriorating human rights situation in French Cameroun vis a vis the Southern Cameroons crisis. The next hearing is due to take place on Jan. 2nd.
By Kingsley Betek