Kamerún

Aðgerðasinna haldið án ákæru í 200 daga

Friðaraðgerðasinninn Abdul Karim Ali hefur verið í haldi að geðþótta án ákæru í Kamerún síðan 11. ágúst 2022.

Yfirvöld hafa ekki lagtfram formlega kæru vegna varðhalds hans. Hann var yfirheyrður í nokkur skipti vegna myndbands sem hann birti á Youtube þann 9. júlí 2022 þar sem hann fordæmdi herforingja í kamerúnska hernum fyrir meintar pyndingar. Tveir vinir Abdul Karim hafa líka verið færðir í gæsluvarðhald eftir að hann var handtekinn.

Skrifaðu undir og kallaðu eftir því að kamerúnsk stjórnvöld sleppi Abdul Karim og vinum hans strax úr haldi nema þeir verði ákærðir fyrir viðurkennd refsiverð brot.

Bréfið til stjórnvalda

To His Excellency,

I am writing to request your urgent attention to the case of Abdul Karim Ali, a prominent Cameroonian peace activist who has been in detention without charge since 11 August 2022. Abdul Karim Ali ran the Peace Research Center and would regularly deliver speeches and trainings on peace and security, including internationally. He was a vocal advocate of the Swiss-led mediation process as a way out of the Anglophone crisis. Two of his friends have also been detained in relation to their connection with him.

On 11 August 2022, Abdul Karim Ali was arrested, without a warrant, and taken into detention in the city of Bamenda, north-western Cameroon, where he was held for 84 days – 4 of which were incommunicado – at a military police station (gendarmerie) in degrading conditions, including deprivation of food and water for several days, having to use a single bucket both as a toilet and for bathing. While no formal reason has been given for his detention, he was interrogated repeatedly about a video he made on 9 July 2022 denouncing a Cameroonian military chief known as ‘Moja Moja’ for reportedly torturing civilians. Two of Abdul Karim’s friends and his brother were also later detained by the gendarmerie, with reference to vague allegations of being his drivers. While his brother was released after payment of a large sum of money, his friends Rabio Enuah and Yenkong Sulemanu remain in detention alongside Abdul Karim Ali. In November 2022, they were transferred to the Secretary of State Defense (Secretariat d’État à la Défense - SED), a detention centre in Yaoundé, the capital, where they remain to this day

As of 27 February 2023, Abdul Karim Ali has spent 200 days in detention without charge, in violation of Cameroonian law and international human rights standards. If denouncing the actions of Chief Moja Moja is the only reason for his arrest, he should be released immediately, since his detention would stem solely from the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression. Neither Rabio Enuah nor Yenkong Sulemanu have been charged with any crime either.

In light of the above, I urge you to ensure that Abdul Karim Ali is immediately released or charged with a recognizable criminal offence. Rabio Enuah and Yenkong Sulemanu should also be immediately from detention or charged with a recognizable criminal offence.

Skrifaðu undir og Íslandsdeild Amnesty International sendir viðeigandi aðilum bréf í þínu nafni. Engar aðrar persónuupplýsingar en nafn þitt munu fylgja bréfinu á viðkomandi stjórnvöld.

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