Cameroon: Deplorable life sentence handed to peace activist an “affront to justice”

Life sentence for Cameroon peace activist spurs international condemnation

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the life sentence handed down by a military court in Cameroon against activist Abdu Karim Ali, calling it an 'affront to justice' and demanding his immediat...

Cameroon: Deplorable life sentence handed to peace activist an “affront to justice”

The life sentence handed down to Anglophone peace activist Abdu Karim Ali is an affront to justice, and he should be released immediately, Amnesty International said today, after obtaining the judgment convicting him.Abdu Karim Ali, who was charged with “hostility against the homeland” and “secession”, was sentenced by the military Court in Yaoundé on 16 April. He had been arrested without a warrant in Bamenda in August 2022 after he denounced t…

The life sentence of the English-speaking pacifist activist Abdu Karim Ali is an affront to justice and he must be released immediately, Amnesty International said today, after obtaining the judgement condemning him. Abdu Karim Ali, who was accused of "incidents of hostility against the homeland" and "secession", was sentenced by the military court in Yaoundé on 16 April. He had been arrested without a warrant in Bamenda in August 2022 after den…

Cameroon violated national, international laws in Abdul Karim sentence-Amnesty International

According to Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa, “Abdu Karim Ali waited nearly three years before being tried by a military court and sentenced to an extreme punishment simply for exercising his right to freedom of expression. This shameful judgment breaches international human rights law and standards…the authorities unlawfully held Abdu Karim Ali in prolonged arbitrary detention, and…