Ngarbuh Massacre: Right Groups Say Lenient Sentences Reinforce Impunity

Ngarbuh Massacre: Right Groups Say Lenient Sentences Reinforce Impunity

By Synthia Lateu The Yaoundé Military Tribunal recently delivered its verdict in the 2020 Ngarbuh massacre case, closing nearly six years of legal proceedings. The ruling has drawn sharp criticism from human rights organisations, which say the sentences handed down are lenient and risk reinforcing impunity within Cameroon’s defence and security forces. In a statement reacting to the judgment, Human Rights Watch said on February 24 that the priso…