[governance] Internet Connection officially Severed in Anglophone Cameroon Pleaase help

Iyedi Goma iyedigoma at gmail.com
Sat Jan 28 09:10:12 EST 2017


It is really terrible and sad situation, all the community need to stand-up
as one, to force the Cameroon government to change that situation.

Take care

Le 28 janv. 2017 3:03 PM, "Nyangkwe Agien Aaron" <nyangkweagien at gmail.com>
a écrit :

> Dear All
>
> It has been roughly a month that the people of the anglophone regions
> (formerly Southern Cameroons) of Cameroon have had internet cut off. The
> minister of Post and Telecommunication states that it was for security
> reasons. MTN the operator that supplys internet in the zone stated that
> they were under contractual obligations to cut internet from the area. The
> situation is causing some economic and human rights havoc
>
> One should recall that the entire anglophone region is currently on a
> school strike action and ghost towns untill the government ascribes to the
> demand of a two states federation, reinstate the anglosaxone system of
> education that has been sytematically destroyed and diluted into the french
> system (Cameroun is a bilingual country) and its justice sytem.
>
> It was vey common to find a francophone teacher lecturing anglophone
> students physics in pidgin or you find francophone Magistrates handing
> litigations in anglophone territory in french. When lawyer organized a
> peaceful march against this, they were severely beaten wounded and their
> robes torn. Students of the University of Buea were tortured and some raped.
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> Leaders of the Consortium of Anglophone Civil societies organizations that
> handled negociations with  government to look into the issues ahve been
> arrested and are currently court-marshalled on counts of terrorism etc.
> More to that a Supreme Court Attorney General (Paul Ayah Abine) was
> arrested including an appeal Court Magistrate wre currently under detention
> for voicing their concern over the situation in Anglophone Cameroon
>
> I cannot make a call from my phone either
>
> What can IG Caucaus do in such a horrible situation
>
> --
> Aaron Agien NYANGKWE
> Journalist-Outcome Mapper
> P.O.Box 5213
> Douala-Cameroon
> Tel. 237 673 42 71 27
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