Amnesty International Press Conference Shut Down in Cameroon

Amnesty International says authorities in Cameroon have shut down a news conference where the rights group planned to discuss the plight of three students sentenced to a decade in prison over a Boko Haram joke.   The organization had planned to present more than 310,000 letters and signatures in support of the students, who had shared a joke about the extremist group in a text message.   But Amnesty says about a dozen security agents showed up at the press conference venue...

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