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叠10鈥�0234/2025

Motion for a European 合法博彩网站 resolution on Prosecution of journalists in Cameroon, notably the cases of Amadou Vamoulk茅, Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior and Tsi Conrad

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鈥�听having regard to its previous resolutions on Cameroon,

鈥撎�听having regard to Rule 150 of its Rules of Procedure,听听

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A.听whereas journalists Amadou Vamoulk茅, Tsi Conrad, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah and Kingsley Njoka are currently detained, facing various charges;

B.听whereas freedom of expression is a fundamental right formally recognised in the Constitution of Cameroon, media outlets and individual journalists face ongoing challenges to their freedom and safety; and the government exercises control over the media, including through intimidation tactics, to suppress dissent and silence the press;

C.听whereas 听two journalists have died in government custody under suspicious circumstances since 2010 and the most recent incident occurred in January 2023, when the prominent journalist Martinez Zogo was murdered, soon a month later, another journalist, Jean-Jacques Ola Bebe, was killed on the same day that he was a guest on a radio show and discussed Zogo's murder;

1.听Regrets that the Cameroonian government utilises anti-terror, anti-state, and "false news" charges, in addition to criminal defamation legislation, to detain and convict journalists;听 furthermore, it is observed that the government often employs military tribunals to prosecute journalists, thereby circumventing the right to a fair trial and appeals process that is guaranteed under international law as the cases of Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior, and Tsi Conrad.;

2.听Calls for the release of individuals who have been arbitrarily detained for exercising their fundamental right of freedom of expression or association, jailed without substantial evidence, or without due process;

3.听Calls on the diplomatic missions to key EU Member States, to actively engage to ease the restrictions against journalists, including visiting journalists in detention, and maintaining active contact with their families and colleagues;

4听 听Calls the Cameroonian authorities to put on end practices of incommunicado detention and to repeal or amend the Suppression of Acts of Terrorism Law that disproportionately targets opposition leaders and allows death penalty sentences for peacefully protesting;

5.听Calls for the EU and its Member States, as key development partners, to raise individual cases, human rights concerns with the Cameroonian authorities;

6.听Express concern that press freedom, liberty of expression and journalist safety in Cameroon has been in decline for more than a decade, noting that is a fundamental pillar of a free society, which is also under pressure in European society;

7.听Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Cameroonian authorities and international institutions.

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