US EditionCameroon: Anicet Ekane's Family Refuses the Opponent's Autopsy and Suspects Authorities of "Precipitation"
Ekane died after 38 days detained without trial or medical care; family rejects government autopsy and calls for independent investigation amid international demands.
- On December 1, 2025, Anicet Ekane died while detained at the State Defense Secretariat in Yaoundé, and the autopsy slated for December 2 was adjourned at his family’s request amid their rejection of a government-led probe.
- Detention records and lawyers' accounts show Ekane was arrested on October 24, 2025 and held for more than 38 days, during which his health worsened due to denied medical care including confiscation of an oxygen concentrator.
- There is sadness at losing a comrade, said Bedimo Kouoh, as supporters called for a demonstration on Wednesday, while Gertrude Ekane said, `He was alive and they should have carried out investigations before incriminating him`.
- Authorities said an investigation has been opened, with Captain Cyrille Serge Atonfack Guemo confirming this and Human Rights Watch urging accountability and a prompt, impartial probe.
- Amid nationwide post-electoral tensions, Ekane's death adds to deaths in custody documented by human rights groups, while UN and opposition sources report 48 to 55 killed amid the government crackdown.
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Cameroonian opponent and figure of the nationalist left Anicet Ekane, arrested at the end of October, died in detention at 74 on Monday in Yaoundé.
Arrests against relatives of Issa Chiroma Bakary and mere inhabitants of the slinging districts increased after the presidential elections on 12 October. The death of Anicet Ekane in detention sheds raw light on a system of massive and prolonged incarcerations.
In Cameroon, Anicet Ekane's family refused the autopsy scheduled by the authorities on Tuesday 2 December. The opponent's body has been at the morgue of the central hospital in Yaoundé since the day before, while the announcement of his death in detention on Monday morning caused a wave of shock. Anicet Ekane was a figure in Cameroonian political life, committed, and respected for his consistency and consistency. In mourning, his relatives want …
Initially scheduled for 02 December 2025 at 10 a.m., the forensic autopsy of Anicet Ekane, who died on 1 December 2025 while he was in detention, is finally held on 03 December 2025 at 08 a.m. at the morgue of the Central Hospital in Yaoundé. In a note addressed to the family lawyer's collective, the government commissioner, Cerlin Belinga, authorizes the operation and specifies the modalities to ensure its transparency. "In order to ensure the …
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