Cameroon: Further information on prisoner of conscience / fear of further POCs

Index Number: AFR 17/011/1996
Date Published: 11 December 1996
Categories: Africa, Cameroon

Evariste Menouga, Peter William Mandio - journalists on Le Nouvel Independant newspaper: There have been further arrests of journalists in Cameroon. Evariste Menouga was arrested on 27 November 1996 in Yaounde. His colleague, Peter William Mandio, was arrested around 7 December. They were detained in connection with an article criticizing the Minister of Public Works. No charges have yet been brought against either journalist, and their detention has exceeded the 72 hours allowed by law when they must either be charged or released.