Cameroon: Ensure protection of human rights lawyer Felix Agbor Nkongho | Letter
15/11/2021
Full pdf letter (EN) 12 November 2021 His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya President of the Republic of Cameroon Presidency of the Republic, Palais de l’Unité 1000 Yaoundé Republic of Cameroon Email: cellcom@prc.cm; contact@presidenceducameroun.com His Excellency Mr. Joseph Dion … [Read more...]
Cameroon: COVID-19 Ceasefire Challenge
26/06/2020
Text of the Challenge (.pdf) | Version française (.pdf) LRWC endorsed a global challenge for a COVID-19 cease fire in Cameroon launched on 26 June 2020 by the Global Campaign for Peace & Justice in Cameroon. The cease-fire challenge was signed by 15 global leaders and 21 additional NGO … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Dismissal of human rights defender Mr. Felix Agbor Nkongho from University of Buea | Joint Letter
10/06/2020
Full PDF (ENG) 9 June 2020 His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya President of the Republic of Cameroon Presidency of the Republic, Palais de l’Unité 1000 Yaoundé Republic of Cameroon Email: cellcom@prc.cm; contact@presidenceducameroun.com His Excellency Mr. Joseph Dion Nguté Prime … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Open Letter to President Macron about Human Rights Abuses in Cameroon | Letter
19/11/2019
PDF (ENG) / PDF (FR) November 12, 2019 Open Letter to President Macron about Human Rights Abuses in Cameroon Honourable Emmanuel Macron President of the Republic of France Palais de l’Elysée, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris, FRANCE Dear President Macron: We, the … [Read more...]
Cameroon: WGAD Determines that Mancho Bibixy Tse is being Arbitrarily Detained | News
26/09/2019
Full PDF Mancho Bibixy Tse, journalist In July of 2018, LRWC wrote to authorities in Cameroon protesting the arrest, prosecution, sentencing, and detention of Mancho Bibixy Tse. Mancho Bibixy Tse is a radio journalist, who broadcasted on Bamunda FM radio in Cameroon. He used his … [Read more...]
Arbitrary Detention of Lawyers and Defenders in China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Cameroon | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
17/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 56, 01:29:37 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 3, General Debate Date: 13 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada Speaker: Felix Agbor Nkongho Oral … [Read more...]
Human Rights Violations in Cameroon, Philippines, China, and Saudi Arabia | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
13/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 74, 01:59:48 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 2, General Debate on the oral update of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Date: 10 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers' Rights Watch … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Rights groups seek UN intervention to end Cameroon atrocities | Press release
26/08/2019
Full press release (pdf) | Full press release (.docx) Rights groups seek UN intervention to end Cameroon atrocities Immediate release 26 August 2019 – Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), supported by the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) and the Raoul Wallenberg … [Read more...]
Human Rights Catastrophe in Cameroon | Written Statement to the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council
26/08/2019
Link to document on UN Human Rights Council site Full .pdf document Press Release (pdf) | Press release (.docx) Joint written statement submitted by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status. The Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in … [Read more...]
Cameroon’s Unfolding Catastrophe | Report
04/06/2019
Full Report (PDF) On June 3, 2019, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa released their long awaited joint report, “The Unfolding Crisis in Cameroon” . The report highlights the ongoing crisis between the minority Anglophone … [Read more...]
