1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2003: Cameroon - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zNTYI0vi5U"><a href="https://cpj.org/2004/03/attacks-on-the-press-2003-cameroon/">Attacks on the Press 2003: Cameroon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2004/03/attacks-on-the-press-2003-cameroon/embed/#?secret=zNTYI0vi5U" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2003: Cameroon” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="zNTYI0vi5U" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In April, two days after Cameroon's only private daily, the French-language Mutations, was suspended and three of its journalists were detained, Communications Minister Jacques Fame Ndongo assured journalists that, "Cameroon's press freedom is real." The Central African country's beleaguered press corps might disagree. Amid widespread domestic and international criticism of Cameroon's dismal human rights record--and…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260