The Committee to Protect Journalists is highly concerned by a Cameroonian administrator's use of a law granting him the ability to indefinitely detain journalist Engelbert Mfomo in what he said was retribution for his critical reporting.
Dakar — The Committee to Protect Journalists is highly concerned by a Cameroon ian administrator's use of a law granting him the ability to indefinitely detain journalist Engelbert Mfomo in what he said was retribution for his critical reporting. Cameroon ian authorities must reform the country's laws to ensure journalists cannot be detained for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
To jail Mfomo, Nana invoked a 1990 Cameroonian law that allows administrative authorities -- prefects and governors -- to place someone in the custody of law enforcement for a renewable period of 15 days"to fight against organized crime." CPJ calls to the publicly listed number of Nana's office and questions sent to the prefect's secretary by messaging application went unanswered.
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