US EditionUN ‘appalled’ by death in custody of Cameroon opposition figure Anicet Ekane
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While activists and anonymous people continue to gather at the headquarters of the Manidem, the party that Anicet Ekane presided over died in detention on 1 December, RFI was able for the first time to receive the reaction of one of the sisters of the Cameroonian opponent.
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Cameroon Intelligence ReportUN ‘appalled’ by death in custody of Cameroon opposition figure Anicet Ekane
The United Nations said Friday it was “appalled” by the death in custody of Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane, who had been arrested in late October. The left-wing nationalist politician, who died on Monday, was arrested in Douala on October 24, on the eve of the publication of presidential election results that returned 92-year-old Paul Biya to power for an eighth mandate. The exact circumstances of Ekane’s death in detention in Yaound…
The death in detention of Anicet Ekane, president of the MANIDEM party, caused a wave of shock far beyond Cameroon's borders. This tragedy occurred in an extremely tense political climate, marked by an increased repression of dissenting voices under the regime of Paul Biya, in power since 1982. The immediate reaction of the British High Commissioner in Yaoundé, expressing deep sadness and demanding a "serious, thorough and transparent" investiga…
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