Human Rights Watch also reviewed 53 photographs and 16 videos, shared directly with researchers, showing evidence of the military violations. "The soldiers selected those among us who had dreadlocks," a bike rider who was later released told Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and other organizations have also documented a longstanding pattern of unlawful and incommunicado detention and torture in custody in Cameroon. On July 28, Human Rights Watch sent an email to the Cameroon army spokesperson, Colonel Cyrille Serge Atonfack Guemo, detailing the alleged abuses and requesting answers to specific questions. Two other Chomba residents and a local religious authority corroborated the account of the incident to Human Rights Watch.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 11, 2022 13:34 UTC