Human Rights violated in Cameroon

CAMEROON: Human rights activist stopped from leaving the country

Cameroonian human rights activist Abdoulaye Math, was on Wednesday stopped from leaving the country for Ireland, Amnesty International told IRIN on Friday. His documents, it added, were confiscated and not returned.

Math, president of the Movement for the Defence of Freedom and Human Rights (MDDLH- French acronym) was arrested in the capital Yaounde, shortly before leaving for an international human rights in Dublin. According to AI, he was arrested by members of the National Center for External Research, detained for five hours and released on Thursday morning. Although he pleaded for his documents during a meeting with the director of the state security apparatus, they were not given back, AI said.

Math, who was also arrested in August by the same security office, was in Yaounde awaiting further meetings with the authorities. His organisation is based in Northern Cameroon.

AI, who on Thursday said the arrest "underlines a consistent pattern of intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders in Cameroon", called on the government of Cameroon to stop restricting the right to movement and free speech, and respect international standard for the protection of rights defenders. AI also urged the government to ensure that security forces respect human rights.



WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Two cameroonian human rights activists , were stopped from leaving the country and arrested. The NCER wouldn't returned them their documents when they were left free.
They are both claiming for the goverment to respect people rights to move(from one place/town/country to another), free speech and international standard. 




Reference:
IRIN Humanitarian News and analysis
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Economy !!

Because of its modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as stagnating per capita income, a relatively inequitable distribution of income, a top-heavy civil service, and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise. International oil and cocoa prices have a significant impact on the economy. Since 1990, the government has embarked on various IMF and World Bank programs designed to spur business investment, increase efficiency in agriculture, improve trade, and recapitalize the nation's banks. The IMF is pressing for more reforms, including increased budget transparency, privatization, and poverty reduction programs.

Goverment!!

Republic; multiparty presidential regime

Population !!

18,879,301


** Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected***
LANGUAGE
24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Location!!

Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

TERRAIN

Diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north