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CPJ, Freedom House Urge U.S. Gov to Maintain Cameroon’s Ineligibility for Trade Benefits - Committee to Protect Journalists

CAMEROON, JUL 16 – Freedom House cites ongoing repression, arbitrary detention of journalists, and failure to meet rule of law criteria as reasons for Cameroon’s ineligibility under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House called on the U.S. government to maintain Cameroon’s ineligibility for preferential trade benefits ahead of its July 18 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) review hearing, citing Cameroon’s continued repression and imprisonment of journalists in a joint comment. Cameroon is consistently among Africa’s worst jailers of journalists, with five journalists—Amadou Vamoulke, Manch Bibixy, Th…

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freedomhouse.org broke the news in on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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