Journalist convicted on defamation charges in Cameroon
June 13, 2013 12:42 PM ET
New York, June 13, 2013--A Cameroonian appellate court should overturn on appeal a criminal defamation conviction and sentence handed to a journalist on June 5 in the commercial city of Douala, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Cameroon bans paper, gives editor suspended sentence
March 28, 2011 2:59 PM ET
New York, March 28, 2011--Authorities in Cameroon must end judicial harassment of journalists reporting on public corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after a court handed an editor a suspended prison sentence and banned his newspaper for...
Cameroonian editor charged with criminal libel
March 22, 2011 3:23 PM ET
New York, March 22, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the prosecution of a journalist in Cameroon over coverage of a labor dispute at a transportation company. A public prosecutor in the commercial city of Douala charged Editor Jean-Marie...