Cameroon releases three journalists jailed under anti-terror law
September 1, 2017 1:57 PM ET
New York, September 1, 2017--The office of President Paul Biya announced August 30 that Cameroon is ending criminal proceedings against those detained during unrest in the country's two English-speaking regions. Atia Tilarious Azohnwi, political editor of The Sun, Tim...
Life Time editor detained without trial on terror charges in Cameroon
August 24, 2017 6:00 PM ET
Authorities arrested Tim Finnian, editor of the weekly Cameroonian newspaper, Life Time, on January 26, 2017, over a report that he published alleging that two English-speaking youths had died in police custody, according to a journalist familiar with the case...
CPJ requests information on jailed Cameroonian journalists
March 1, 2017 9:12 AM ET
March 1, 2017 Issa Tchiroma Bakary Minister of Communication Hotel de Ville Yaoundé Via fax: +237 222 23 30 22; Your Excellency, We at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent press freedom advocacy organization, are concerned about compounding reports...