Cameroon
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Cameroun : l’épidémie de choléra dans les prisons inquiète l’opposition
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Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme
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Cameroon : à Douala, déboires et espoirs des mineurs de la prison
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Cameroon: Human Rights Watch dénonce la torture de détenus
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Cameroon : 45 blessés dans la prison de Buea
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Cameroon: des opposants politiques «enlevés» de la prison
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Cameroon: gunshots amid prison riot must be investigated
Yesterday a riot was reported in Kondengui prison in Yaoundé the Cameroonian capital. According to reports, detained armed separatists from the Anglophone regions and opposition members took possession of the prison yard to denounce overcrowding, judicial delays and deplorable conditions.Source — France 24
Cameroun : "nous avons des condamnés dans le couloir de la mort depuis plus de 36 ans"
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — France Culture
Cameroun : "J’ai vécu l’enfer en prison, mais je continuerai à me battre pour mes frères anglophones"
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Monde
Cameroun : "J’ai vécu l’enfer en prison, mais je continuerai à me battre pour mes frères anglophones."
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Monde Afrique
Cameroun : Amnesty International dénonce le recours à la torture dans la lutte contre Boko Haram
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Jeune Afrique
Coopération Cameroun-Union Européenne : un plaidoyer pour l’encadrement des mineurs en détention
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French versionSource — Actu Cameroun
Cameroun : la prison de Maroua étouffe
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Camernews
Cameroun : la prison de Maroua étouffe
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French versionSource — Camernews
Cameroun : à la prison de Yaoundé, les chanceux dorment assis, les autres debout
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Monde Afrique
Cameroun : la prison de Yaoundé, les chanceux dorment assis, les autres debout
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Monde Afrique
Cameroun : la "vie abominable" d'un détenu de la prison centrale de Yaoundé
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — France 24, les Observateurs
Exclusive: Cameroonian prisoners smuggle out footage of horrific jail conditions
The main prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon is “overpopulated, filthy and rife with corruption and abuse”, according to an inmate who contacted FRANCE 24’s The Observers from behind bars. This man secretly filmed, with the help of some of his inmates, the overcrowded cells and “revolting” conditions in wh…Source — The observers ; France 24
Cameroun : A la prison centrale de Yaoundé, être gardien d’un « volcan qui dort »
Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.Source — Le Monde
Cameroun : conditions de détention effroyables, voire tortures à mort, pour plus de 1,000 personnes accusées de soutenir Boko Haram
En raison de la surpopulation qui règne dans la prison de Maroua, jusqu’à huit détenus y meurent chaque mois. Plus de 100 personnes, dont des femmes, ont été condamnées à mort par des tribunaux militaires.Les attaques de boko haram au Cameroun ont fait près de 500 morts en 2015.Source — Amnesty International
Cameroun : la prison centrale de Maroua sous pression de Boko Haram
Régulièrement pointé du doigt par certaines organisations non gouvernementales qui l’accusent de porter atteinte aux droits de l’homme dans sa guerre contre le terroriste Boko Haram, le Cameroun est plus que jamais confronté à la gestion des personnes détenues dans le cadre de ce conflit.Source — Camer.be
Cameroun : près de 70 prisons sans infirmerie
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Camer.be
Cameroon : prisons severely overcrowded
Yaounde - Human rights groups in Cameroon say prisons constructed for 500 detainees are housing more than 3,000 people, many of whom can be held for years without charge in inhumane conditions. The government says it is working on solutions.Source — VoaNews
Cameroun : le marché de construction de la prison centrale de Douala-Ngoma attribué à une entreprise suspendue des marchés publics de la BAD
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French versionSource — Camernews