Bamenda Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Cameroonian newspaper editor jailed for defamation

April 15, 2014 3:09 PM EDT

New York, April 15, 2014–Authorities in Cameroon should release a newspaper editor who has been imprisoned since March 29 after being convicted of criminal defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On Friday, a judge postponed indefinitely a bail hearing for Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus, according to news reports.

Cameroon shuts down station over secessionist interview

May 13, 2013 4:13 PM EDT

New York, May 13, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of an independent radio station on April 22 in retaliation for its broadcast of an interview that authorities said incited secessionism.