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25-29 February 2008
C
ameroon
A discreet and bloodycrackdown
A REPORT WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY
THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVER WITH
ASSISTANCE FROM ACAT-CAMEROON AND ACAT-FRANCE
THE NATIONALHUMAN RIGHTS
OBSERVER
The National Human Rights Observerof Cameroon was created in 2006 withassistance from the Concerted Program forMulti-Actors (CPMA). It consists of fiveRegional Observers with each havingseveral Cameroonian civil organizations.The regional observers are as follows:1.
The Littoral Regional Observer:It covers the Littoral andSouth West Regions. It focuseson arbitrary arrests andunlawful detentions.2.
The Centre Regional Observer:It covers the Regions of the Centre.It focuses on the economic andsocial sectors.3. The West Observer:It covers the West and North West.It focuses on land problems.4. The North Observer: It coversthe Regions of the Far North,North and Adamawa. It alsofocuses on land issues.5. The East Observer: It focuses onillegal exploitation of forest and mining.Each regional observer isled by a Cameroonian civilsociety organizationThe objectives of the observerinclude, among others,the monitoring of human rightsviolations and the basic objective scited above as well as the productionof an annual report on the situationof human rights in Cameroon.The observer is made up of a generalassembly (general meeting of all organizationsof the regional observers); a technicalsecretariat which consists of threeleading organizations of the regionalobserver in the Littoral, West and Centre.Their role within the secretariatinclude: coordination, communication,and management of projects.
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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION
A REVIEW OF THE GENERAL PICTUREBEFORE THE STRIKE ACTION OF FEBRUARY 2008
• Political Perspective• Economic and Social Perspectives
STRIKE ACTION OF FEBRUARY 2008: THEDETAIL REPORT
• A day-to-day account• Appraisal of non-exhaustive list of human violence in February 2008• Appraisal of material damage during the February 2008 strike action
DIFFERENT ALLEGATIONS OF HUMANRIGHTS VIOLATIONS
• Excessive use of force and violenceon unarmed citizens- National laws and international normson the use of deadly weapons- An excessive use of fire arms• Arbitrary executions• Systematic arrests and arbitrary detentions• Torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatments• No medical care was provided to the injured by the government• Ransom demanded by the law enforcement officers• Violations of human rights and deprivation of freedom of expression, opinion and information- Attacks against opinion leaders and politicians- Media censorship and attacks on journalists- Threats against human rights defenders• Arbitrary detention and deplorable conditions of the cells
THE DYSFUNCTIONAL JUDICIARY SYSTEM OF CAMEROON
• Trial and denial of justice• Commutations and remission of sentences• Impunity: government’s reaction to the violence committedby the police• Reaction of the international community to the abuses
CONCLUSIONRECOMMENDATIONS
INEXHAUSTIVE LIST OF DEATHS
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