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Cameroon: Editor pressured to reveal sources

Sara Yasin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:12:34 +0000

The editor of the Cameroon-based Génération Libre, François Fogno Fotso, has been detained since 5 September, and is being pressed to reveal sources for a story written about the alleged corruption of a tax official. Fotso was pushed to reveal the whereabouts of Boris Nembop, who wrote the August 2010 story, which accused public tax collector Célestin Tabouli of transferring government funds to his personal accounts, based on documents given to the paper. Fotso has not complied to the demands of military police, and has been summoned at least four times since October 2010 on the account of the article.

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Cameroonian journalist abducted in Chad

Index on Censorship — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:16:12 +0000

Cameroonian journalist Innocent Ebodé was abducted from his home in the Chadian capital N’Djamena on 21 December. A military source said that he is safe in Kousséri, across the border in Cameroon, but Ebodé’s family and lawyer have not heard from him. The abduction, said to be by two men in civilian clothing, follows the journalist’s deportation in mid-October and the closure of the independent N’Djamena-based newspaper he edits, La Voix, in November. His lawyer expressed concern that the abduction was linked to the journalist’s intention to attend a court hearing regarding the seizure of La Voix on 3 December. Read Reporters Sans Frontières open letter to Chad’s minister of the interior here

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Journaliste en Danger (JED)

Index on Censorship — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:56:55 +0000

Journaliste en Danger is an organisation dedicated to the defence and promotion of press freedom, initially in the DRC and since May 2003 also in Burundi, Cameroon, Coorganisation Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Rwanda and Thad.

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Cameroon singer arrested

Index on Censorship — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:14:12 +0000

A vocal critic of a constitutional reform that will allow President Paul Biya to stand for another term in 2011 was arrested on Wednesday. According to his wife, the singer Lapiro de Mbanga has been accused of instigating riots in Mbanga in February. Lapiro, who stood as a candidate for the opposition Social Democratic Front in municipal elections in July 2007, released a song called Constitution Constipée which condemns the removal of the limit on the number of presidential terms. Members of parliament voted to pass the amendment on Thursday — the day after the Lapiro’s arrest — allowing Biya, who has been in power since 1982, to stand for another term. Read more here

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Cameroon: government crackdown

Padraig Reidy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:30:57 +0000

Journalists at Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) have been warned by management not to cover criticism of constitutional change. A CRTV radio presenter was suspended and banned from going on air after he aired a song critical of African leaders who retain power. The Minister of Communication has also threatened to ban CRTV’s talk show programme, Morning Safari, for being too critical of the government and public authorities. Read more here

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