Jean-Marie Tchatchouang Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalist convicted on defamation charges in Cameroon

June 13, 2013 12:42 PM EDT

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.

Cameroonian journalist jailed on defamation charge

March 28, 2013 5:02 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2013–An appellate court in Cameroon should overturn the defamation conviction and jail sentence handed to a newspaper editor on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Cameroon bans paper, gives editor suspended sentence

March 28, 2011 2:59 PM EDT

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 reporting on alleged mismanagement of a transportation company.

Cameroonian editor charged with criminal libel

March 22, 2011 3:23 PM EDT

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 Tchatchouang of the weekly Paroles with criminal defamation on February 4, the journalist told CPJ.