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Let’s take injustice personally in West & Central Africa. / Faisons de l’injustice une affaire personnelle en Afrique de l’ouest et du centre.

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  1. Jun 20

    Our hour for questions and answers is up! Thank you everyone for the questions you've sent. We did our best to answer those who've come up several times through the hashtag.

    A reminder that we will be answering as many questions as possible from 3-4 PM GMT today about our report "A Turn for the Worse" on the ongoing human rights violations in Cameroon's Anglophone regions. Share your questions using .
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  2. Jun 20

    Address deeply-entrenched human rights violations, such as marginalization and exclusion, to prevent the escalation of the crisis and the resurgence of other social conflicts that often generate violence.

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  3. Jun 20

    1) Restore the confidence between state representatives and the Anglophone communities by initiating an inclusive dialogue and consult with Anglophone population to address their concerns;

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  4. Jun 20

    We did make 2 recommendations to the Cameroonian authorities calling on the to promote dialogue.

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  5. Jun 20

    As a human rights organization we only document and report on human rights related issues . We leave the political analysis to organizations / individuals with the appropriate expertise.

    Replying to @AmnestyWARO @ilariallegro
    The only dialogue that can yield fruits is dialogue to address the root causes of the crisis in the presence of a 3rd party n let the people of southern cameroons be given the opportunity to decide their destiny. Anything out of this will lead to deadlock.
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  6. Jun 20

    These are the administrative names for the two regions in question, hence our use of their official names. We use "people" and "population" interchangeably.

    Replying to @AmnestyWARO
    . 1-Why do you insist of calling this area the Northwest and Southwest of Cameroon and not Anglophone regions. 2- Why do you keep saying the population and not the people of these regions.
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  7. Jun 20

    Thanks! It is indeed one of our priorities to disaggregate data & reflect gender & other dimensions whenever possible. Our research on the ongoing crisis is recent. We are still collecting more data & will be able to identify trends & disaggregate data only in the months to come.

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    Great thoughts and research invested in this piece of work / report. Would had loved to see a gendered dimension, data gender disaggregated.
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  8. Jun 20

    Our researcher received a lot of abusive tweets leading up to and since the publication of the report. It is important to remember that this is not our researcher’s report but in fact an Amnesty International report and thus targeting her specifically online is uncalled for.

    Replying to @vincentkushine @amnesty and 3 others
    why is blocking people when it concerns ? Is that not unprofessional? human rights in CameroUn must be complete n detailed, there's no mention of illegal oil business deal in conflict area n other deals
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  9. Jun 20

    We welcome the Cameroonian government’s announcement that a delegation will visit the localities where Cameroonian Anglophone asylum seekers have settled to discuss with them their needs & create conditions for safe return.

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  10. Jun 20

    We insisted on the need for the authorities to protect the population and ensure that those responsible for human rights violations & violent acts are held accountable.

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  11. Jun 20

    On 7 June 2018, we met with Mr Samuel MVONDO AYOLO, Director of the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic and shared with him the main findings of our report.

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  12. Jun 20

    We will continue to engage with Cameroon authorities in an open and frank dialogue and call on them to uphold human rights in Cameroon and in the context of the crisis unfolding in the Anglophone regions.

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  13. Jun 20

    We stand by our findings. The Cameroonian government should take immediate steps to improve its human rights record and comply with their obligations under international human rights law.

    What was the source of your data on the death toll so far in the ongoing crisis, and what are your response to the Cameroon gov’t spokesperson that your claims in the report are baseless?
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  15. Jun 20

    After the Oct 1st protest:

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  16. Jun 20

    We did not provide any figures about the death toll resulting from the ongoing crisis. We have documented the killing of dozens of peaceful protesters in the context of demonstrations organised across the North and South West regions since late 2016.

    What was the source of your data on the death toll so far in the ongoing crisis, and what are your response to the Cameroon gov’t spokesperson that your claims in the report are baseless?
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  17. Jun 20

    Regarding our funding: We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded by our membership and public donations. We do not receive money from any government.

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  18. Jun 20

    We carried out investigations in Cameroon with the help of trained consultants. Their findings were then corroborated with information & material evidence we gathered first hand in Nigeria.

    I want to know if the reporeter made any investigation on the ground before writing the reports she published? Did she visit ground zero where the problem actually is taking place? Was her report just what the gvmt of Cameroun ask her to write after giving gifts?
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  19. Jun 20

    There are also other incidents that we could not include in the report for the same reasons, but we hoped that those already mentioned would raise awareness about the escalating violence in the North and South West regions of Cameroon.

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  20. Jun 20

    Documenting every crime is challenging and our report wasn't intended to be exhaustive. The Menka incident occurred after our report had been finalized. We received information about it and are investigating it.

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    masacre in Menka should have been included.What is the point of publishing report without the most incriminating evidence
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