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Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in CAMEROON. New York, April 5, 2000 --- On April 3, a criminal court in the western Cameroonian town of Bafoussam convicted Michel Eclador Pekoua on one count of defamation and sentenced him to six months in prison without parole, sources in Cameroon told CPJ. Pekona…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260