Cameroon Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/cameroon/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:27:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cameroon Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/cameroon/ 32 32 59910430 Scholar and Politician Arrested for Peaceful Political Activities https://concernedscientists.org/2019/03/scholar-and-politician-arrested-for-peaceful-political-activities/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:27:01 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7353 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 […]

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]]> 7353 Stony Brook Professor Released in Cameroon https://concernedscientists.org/2018/01/stony-brook-professor-released-in-cameroon/ Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:33:50 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6626 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.

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]]> 6626 US Stony Brook Professor Arrested in Cameroon for Facebook Post Insulting President and Army https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/us-stony-brook-professor-arrested-in-cameroon-for-facebook-post-insulting-president-and-army/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:24:15 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6596 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 […]

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