Lawyers, Teachers Concerns: Human Rights Commission Encourages Dialogue

The Commission’s chairperson gave a press briefing in Yaounde on December 28, 2016, on the situation of detained suspects brought from Bamenda and Kumba.

 

The Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms, Dr Chemuta Divine Banda says the commission, «appreciates and encourages the on-going efforts at dialogue concerning the Anglophone sub system of education and common law legal practice which we hope will be productive with each side demonstrating a high sense of understanding and cooperation. This will ensure a normal resumption of school and judicial activities in the North West and South West Regions.”

He was speaking at the Commission’s head office in Yaounde on December 28, 2016 during a press briefing he granted on allegations of human rights violations in the North West and South West Regions. He said after discussions on December 20, 2016 with the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie, Jean Baptiste Bokam  and visit to detention cells, the commission members found out that, “34 persons from Bamenda (including 1 juvenile) and four others arrested in Kumba were found in the cells of the SCRJ at Secretariat of State  for Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie (SED); of these, 9 were taken to hospital for various forms of treatment; 16 persons (including 3 juveniles) were found at the Military Tribunal in Yaounde while being transferred from the police.”

He said the 38 detainees at the Secretariat of State for Defence in charge of the Gendarmerie were tidy, testified they were well treated (2 meals per day and 2 compulsory baths; they were dressed and wore shoes. Some had been visited by family members and others had not contacted their families since th...

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