Cameroon human rights report [AI]

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Cameroon human rights report [AI]

January 29, 2009 11:30:00 pm

Cameroon: Impunity Underpins Persistent Abuse, Amnesty International, January 29, 2009 [alleging that the Cameroon government has sanctioned and supported unlawful executions, torture, and other human rights violations]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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