Cameroon’s attorney-general asks court not to release journalist

News By asking Cameroon’s Special Criminal Court to reject a request for Amadou Vamoulké’s release at today's hearing in Yaoundé, the attorney-general could be endangering this eminent journalist’s health, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling for him to be granted access to the tests and treatment he needs. A decision is expected on 28 November. Several members of RSF’s staff, British and Canadian embassy representatives and Cameroonian and foreign journalists attended today’s hearing, the 24th in Vamoulké’s trial on charges of misusing st

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