Cameroon: Authorities fail to shed light on fate of 130 people missing for one year
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Publication Date | 22 December 2015 |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Cameroon: Authorities fail to shed light on fate of 130 people missing for one year, 22 December 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5696c8d2e330.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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The Cameroonian authorities must come clean over the fate of 130 people rounded up and detained by Cameroonian forces a year ago following security operations against Boko Haram, said Amnesty International on the anniversary of their enforced disappearance.
On 27 December 2014, more than 200 boys and men were arrested by security forces in the villages of Magdeme and Doublé. The government claims that 70 suspected Boko Haram members were arrested and that 25 of them had died that night in custody. However, the whereabouts of at least 130 remaining people are still unknown. In the same operation, at least eight people, including a child, were killed, more than 70 buildings were burnt down and many possessions were stolen or destroyed by security forces.
