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19 detainees denies access to lawyers, family, medics
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| Kamto followers protests in front of Yaounde Metropolitan Cathedral |
By Atia Tilarious Azohnwi
The
Cameroon People’s Party (CPP) has in a statement signed today said one of
theirs Ms Grace Baleba was arrested in Yaoundé as she went to visit detained
members of Kamto’s Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) party.
18
CRM members were arrested yesterday as they staged an anti-Biya protest in
front of the Yaoundé Metropolitan Cathedral – a protest against electoral
holdup in Cameroon.
The
CPP statement reads:
The
Cameroon People's Party informs the national and international community that
our party member, Grace Baleba, was illegally arrested yesterday, October 28,
2018 at about p.m. by the Cameroonian Police. Ms. Baleba went to the
Commissariat Central No. 1 to bring refreshments to her friends who are CRM
militants.
About
18 CRM militants were arrested earlier in the day at a peaceful demonstration
in front of the Yaoundé Cathedral. As soon as she arrived and asked to see the
CRM militants, policemen accosted her, seized her bag and phone and had her
arrested.
In
violation of Cameroonian law, Ms. Baleba and the other detainees have not been
allowed access to their lawyers or other visitors. Grace's mother arrived to
see her and was denied access to her daughter. Ms. Baleba has already spent one
night in jail and as the minutes tick away, we fear Grace will be deprived of a
second night of liberty in total illegality.
The
CPP requests that you bring all your power and influence to bear to ensure that
this blatant violation of Cameroonian law comes to an end. Liberty is a
fundamental right of which no citizen should be deprived lightly, certainly not
when they have in no way infringed upon the law.
Please
take a stand for fundamental human rights!
