General News of Wednesday, 7 September 2016Source: alafnet.comGov’t to pay FCFA 1.5 Billion to Ebenezer AkwangaEbenezer AkwangaThere have been renewed calls for the Government of Cameroon to compensate exiled human rights activist and Southern Cameroons Youth League, SCYL, leader, Dr. Ebenezer Derek Mbongo Akwanga, FCFA 1.5 Billion. The Cameroon Government has, so far, not respected the instructions the Human Rights Committee made after examining the matter. Excerpts:Your human rights organisation, REDRESS, represented Ebenezer Akwanga in his torture case against the Government of Cameroon at the UN Human Rights Committee, UN-HRC, in Geneva. In Akwanga’s case, we were able to pursue the case because Cameroon is a signatory to the treaty. Eventually, the Committee makes a decision and they did so in Akwanga’s case in 2011.

Source: CameroonWeb September 07, 2016 15:37 UTC