Activist in Cameroon Detained Again

By Human Rights Watch

In September 2019, prominent Cameroonian Anglophone peace activist Abdul Karim Ali was arrested. He was held without access to a lawyer for five days before authorities finally released him weeks later. But history has a sad way of repeating itself in Cameroon, where Ali has once again been detained. Click to expand Image Abdul Karim Ali speaking at a conference in Toronto, Canada, March 2020. © Private On August 11, soldiers arrested Ali in Ntamulung neighborhood in Bamenda, North-West region, and took him to the local gendarmerie station. He was not allowed to see family members…

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