Maurice Kamto, an accomplished legal scholar and prominent political figure has been jailed and charged with offenses such as “rebellion” and “insurrection,” which could result in a death penalty. CCS has written the President of the Republic of Cameroon expressing concern about this case considering that Mr. Kamto served as chairman and special rapporteur of the United Nations International Law ... Continue Reading>>
Stony Brook Professor Released in Cameroon
Patrice Nganang, a NY literature professor held in Cameroon for writing an article critical of the government has been released and expelled from the country. Dr. Nganang was freed from prison but told he was never to return to Cameroon, the country of his birth. ... Continue Reading>>
US Stony Brook Professor Arrested in Cameroon for Facebook Post Insulting President and Army
Dr. Patrice Nganang, a novelist and professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University in the United States has been arrested in Cameroon for a Facebook post critical of the government policies in the Anglophone region. He is being held in a maximum security prison in Yaounde. He is being held for peacefully exercising his right to free expression. CCS has ... Continue Reading>>