1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgJennifer Dunhamhttps://cpj.org/author/jdunham/Cameroon’s military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tqWrqH5IYS"><a href="https://cpj.org/2019/08/cameroons-military-detains-pidgin-news-anchor-samu/">Cameroon’s military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2019/08/cameroons-military-detains-pidgin-news-anchor-samu/embed/#?secret=tqWrqH5IYS" width="600" height="338" title="“Cameroon’s military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="tqWrqH5IYS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rt_cameroon20alert208.13_rs.jpg750500New York, August 13, 2019--Cameroonian authorities should immediately release without charge pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Wazizi, whose legal name is Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe, 11 days ago and handed him over to the military, which has since held him without access to his lawyer or family…