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SCAPOThe Banjul Communiqué Southern Cameroons VsRépublique du Cameroun- 1 -The Banjul Communiqué37TH Human & Peoples Rightsth Session of the African Commission onRe: Communication No 266/2003Dr. Kevin Ngwang Gumne and Others; Acting on their Behalf and onBehalf of SCNC/SCAPO and the Southern CameroonsVersusLa République du Cameroun.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++IntroductionThis is a case that was filed before the Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’Rights on January 9, 2003 by representatives of theSouthern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) and Southern Cameroons PeoplesOrganisation (SCAPO), acting on their personalbehalf and on the behalf of the Southern Cameroons. The plaintiffs who filed thecase were the following:1. Dr. Kevin Ngwang Gumne2. Mr. Augustine Feh Ndangam3. Dr. Martin Ngeka Luma (Deceased)4. Chief Ayamba Ette Otun5. Mr. Nfor Ngala Nfor6. Mr. Humphrey Mbinglo
 
7. Mr. Albert Womah Mukong ( Deceased)8. Isaac M. Sona9. Dr. Emil Mondoa10. Dr. Tayoba Ngenge11. Dr. Stephen Shemlon12. Dr. Martin Ayim13. Dr. J Asongu14. Mrs. Regina Mankefor (Deceased)15. Ms Melissa Nambangi16. Mr. Andrew Edimo17. Mr. Tum Tafon18. Mr. Dennis AtemkengThe complainants were represented byCarlson Anyangwelaw firm ofNigeria. The complaint recites that LaRépublique du Cameroun is guilty of violating therights of hundreds of citizens of the SouthernCameroons and the collective rights of thePeople of the Southern Cameroons.Prof., as lead Counsel and theAkinlawon & Ajomo of Lagos,Violation of the Rights of Citizens of theSouthern Cameroonians.In their Submissions on Admissibility and on the Merits Complainants adducedcompelling and conclusiveevidence of a continuing and consistent pattern of gross and reliably attestedviolations by the Respondent Stateof individual human rights in the Southern Cameroons.
 
repression and oppression, targeting the people of the Southern Cameroons,involving torture, arbitraryarrest and detention, maiming, extra judicial executions and killings of thecitizens of the Southern datingfrom 1961.This was supported by an exhaustive catalogue ofUN Trust Territory ofSouthern Cameroons underUnited KingdomAdministration (1958 Map)RépubliqueDu CamerounThe Banjul Communiqué Southern Cameroons VsRépublique du Camerounwww.SouthernCameroonsIG.org- 2 -Complainants submitted that the delinquent conduct of Respondent State violatesArticles 1, 2, 3(1), 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,10, 11, and 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Particularattention was drawn to Article 4which protects the right to life and to the physical integrity of the person; toArticle 5 outlaws torture and othercruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment; to Article 6 whichprohibits arbitrary arrests anddetention; Article 7 which guarantees the right to fair trial; and Articles 9-12which guarantee the right to freedomof expression, association, assembly and movement.Violation of the Collective Rights of the Peoples of the Southern Cameroons.Complainants further submitted that forty-four years ago in 1961, Respondent Stateoccupied the Southern
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