Cameroon: Ensure Independent Probe of Reporter’s Death

Click to expand Image Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe, known as Wazizi, in Cameroon. © 2020Tah Mai Jarvis (New York) – Cameroon’s government should ensure that the investigation into a journalist’s enforced disappearance and death in military custody is independent, effective, thorough, and impartial, four Cameroonian and six international organizations said today. United Nations (UN) Security Council members should urge accountability for the death of the journalist, Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe, known as Wazizi, when they are briefed on the situation in Cameroon during their June 12, 2020 meeting with…

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