Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm a lawyer. I studied in Cameroon, Nigeria and the U.S. I was called to the bar in 1996. I have been practising law. I worked in the UN as legal adviser to the international criminal tribunal. I then worked as a human rights adviser with the UN mission in Afghanistan. I moved t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. As a result of the killing of unarmed civilians, the arrests and the burning down of villages, anglophone groups decided to come together to protect themselves.... It was in self-defence. That is how we had the creation of various separatist groups and armed groups that are

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are some governments with whom we are talking. The most successful thing that Mr. Biya did was that nobody was talking about Cameroon. That is because [Inaudible-Editor] six years, so nobody talked about Cameroon in the mainstream media. They would not discuss Cameroon in t

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The government has always muzzled the press in Cameroon. In spite of the "liberty laws" of 1990, which ushered in a wave of press freedom, democracy and respect for human rights, it's more cosmetic in its application. The government really doesn't respect them. We have Mancho B

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, honourable members, for giving me this opportunity to discuss the human rights and humanitarian situation in the anglophone part of Cameroon. As far back as October 2016, there were peaceful protests in anglophone Cameroon by lawyers and teachers, which degenerated in