Lewis Medjo

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Letters | Cameroon

CPJ alarmed by harassment of journalists in Cameroon

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March 11, 2010 3:08 PM ET |
Tags: Censored, Germain Cyrille Ngota Ngota, Harassed, Harrys Robert Mintya, Imprisoned, Legal Action, Lewis Medjo, Ndi Chia, Serge Sabouang, Thierry Ngogang, Tortured, Yerima Kini Nsom
Alerts | Cameroon

In Cameroon, jailed editor sentenced for ‘insulting’ Biya

New York, December 29, 2009—A Cameroonian newspaper editor, jailed this month after publishing a book excerpt that alleged sexual activities by President Paul Biya, was convicted on Monday of “insulting the head of state.” 

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December 29, 2009 3:19 PM ET |
Tags: Defamation, Imprisoned, Jean-Bosco Talla, Lewis Medjo
Alerts | Cameroon

Cameroonian editor under arrest

Journalducameroun.comNew York, December 15, 2009—The managing editor of a private newspaper in Cameroon has been held in police custody since Thursday, accused of insulting President Paul Biya, according to local journalists and news reports. Managing Editor Jean-Bosco Talla, at left, of the weekly Germinal was picked up by police in the capital, Yaoundé, on Thursday and taken to the State Secretariat for Defense, headquarters of the military police, for questioning over a front-page item, according to the same sources. 

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December 15, 2009 3:11 PM ET |
Tags: Imprisoned, Jean-Bosco Talla, Lewis Medjo
Imprisoned | Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

2009 prison census

136 journalists jailed worldwide

As of December 1, 2009    |   » Read the accompanying report: "FREELANCERS UNDER FIRE"

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December 8, 2009 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Abdulghani Memetemin, Adnan Hajizade, Adnan Hassanpour, Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, Aleshteraki, Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, Alfredo Pulido López, Amanuel Asrat, Asrat Wedajo, Aung Kyaw San, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Boris Stomakhin, Chen Daojun, Dawit Habtemichael, Dawit Isaac, Dhondup Wangchen, Dilmurod Saiid, Driss Chahtan, Du Daobin, Dzhamshid Karimov, Ebrima Manneh, Elmar Huseynov, Emin Milli, Evin Prison, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fabio Prieto Llorente, Fariba Pajooh, Fuad Rashid, Gayrat Mehliboyev, Genimet Zakhidov, Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Guo Qizhen, Gustavo Azócar, Hamid Mohammed Said, Hanevy Ould Dehah, Hang Chakra, Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Hossein Derakhshan, Hu Jia, Huang Qi, Ibrahim Jassam, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, Islam Karimov, Issa Saharkhiz, Iván Hernández Carrillo, J.S. Tissainayagam, Javad Mahzadeh, Jin Haike, José Luis García Paneque, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, Kayvan Samimi, Kong Youping, Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang, Léster Luis González Pentón, Lü Gengsong, Lewis Medjo, Mahdi Hossein-Zadeh, Marjan Abdollahian, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Mijail Bárzaga Lugo, Mohammad Davari, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Muhammad Bekjanov, Nguyen Van Hai, Normando Hernández González, Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Omar Ruíz Hernández, Omid Salimi, Ortikali Namazov, Oscar Sánchez Madan, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Qi Chonghuai, Ramazan Yesergepov, Reza Nourbakhsh, Ricardo González Alfonso, Richard Durbin, Rory Peck, Saeed Laylaz, Said Abdelkader, Saleh Aljezeeri, Saleh Idris Gama, Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, Sardar Alibeili, Sein Win Maung, Seyoum Tsehaye, Shi Tao, Sun Lin, Taoufik Ben Brik, Taqadoumy, Temesken Ghebreyesus, Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Zaw Thet Htwe, Zemenfes Haile, Zhang Jianhong, Zheng Yichun, Zouhair Makhlouf
Letters | Cameroon

In Cameroon, pattern of press freedom abuses

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July 13, 2009 10:36 AM ET |
Tags: Guy-André Kieffer, Imprisoned, Legal Action, Lewis Medjo, Norbert Zongo, Threatened
Attacks on the Press | Cameroon

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Cameroon

Cameroon’s diverse news media, among the most vibrant in Africa, operated under significant pressure. Influential political leaders used threats, regulatory action, and judicial harassment to censor critical coverage of national affairs, including a controversial constitutional amendment allowing President Paul Biya to seek re-election in 2011, public protests over inflation, and a series of high-profile corruption cases.

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February 10, 2009 12:43 AM ET |
Tags: Freelancer, Lewis Medjo
Letters | Cameroon

Cameroon now second-worst jailer in Africa


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January 16, 2009 12:51 PM ET |
Tags: Imprisoned, Lewis Medjo
Imprisoned | Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uzbekistan

2008 prison census: 125 journalists jailed

Journalists in prison as of December 1, 2008

Read the accompanying report: "Online and in jail"

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December 4, 2008 9:28 AM ET |
Tags: Abdulghani Memetemin, Adnan Hassanpour, Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, Alfredo Pulido López, Amanuel Asrat, Aung Kyaw San, Chen Daojun, Dawit Habtemichael, Dawit Isaac, Dhondup Wangchen, Du Daobin, Dzhamshid Karimov, Ebrima Manneh, Elmar Huseynov, Evin Prison, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fabio Prieto Llorente, Fesshaye "Joshua" Yohannes, Gayrat Mehliboyev, Genimet Zakhidov, Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Guo Qizhen, Hamid Mohammed Said, Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Hu Jia, Huang Qi, Ibrahim Jassam, Islam Karimov, Iván Hernández Carrillo, J.S. Tissainayagam, Jin Haike, José Luis García Paneque, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, Kong Youping, Léster Luis González Pentón, Lü Gengsong, Lewis Medjo, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Mijail Bárzaga Lugo, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Muhammad Bekjanov, Nguyen Van Hai, Normando Hernández González, Novruzali Mamedov, Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Omar Ruíz Hernández, Ortikali Namazov, Oscar Sánchez Madan, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Qi Chonghuai, Ricardo González Alfonso, Said Abdelkader, Saleh Aljezeeri, Saleh Idris Gama, Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, Sein Win Maung, Seyoum Tsehaye, Shi Tao, Sun Lin, Temesken Ghebreyesus, Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Zaw Thet Htwe, Zemenfes Haile, Zhang Jianhong, Zheng Yichun

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