CAMEROON MILITARY AND SEPARATISTS ACCUSE OF RIGHT VIOLATION IN NORTH AND SOUTH WEST REGIONS

According to the most recent report from Amnesty International on the violence in Cameroon, which was published on July 4, 2023, all parties to the conflict have engaged in "atrocities" against civilians, including rape, torture, and executions. The report, "With or against us: the population caught between the army, armed separatists, and militias in north-west Cameroon," is based on two missions conducted by Amnesty International investigators in November 2022 and March 2023 during which they spoke with more than 100 crime victims, journalists, and human rights advocates. According to the study, the security forces in Cameroon have engaged in "unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and other ill-treatment, and the destruction of property." A separate investigation by Amnesty International revealed that armed separatists had committed "kidnappings, killings, and the destruction of property." The research also discovered th...