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CAMEROON:THE CRUEL REALITY OF TORTURE.THE ALTERNATIVE REPORT SUBMITTED BEFORE COMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE 13 NOVEMBER 2024 BY THE CONSORTIUM.THE CONSORTIUM OF UPR FOLLOW-UP ORGANIZATIONS AND UN TREATY BODIES IS HEADED BY NOUVEAUX DROITS DE L’HOMME CAMEROON:CYRILLE ROLANDE BECHON, MANDELA CENTER INTERNATIONAL:JEAN CLAUDE FOGNO, COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR PEACE IN ANGLOPHONE REGIONS OF CAMEROON AND AFFECTED REGIONS: AMADU TARNTEH, CIVIL SOCIETY PLATFORM FOR DEMOCRACY DR HILAIRE KAMGA.

BRUTAL ASSASSINATION OF 2 UNARMED CIVILIANS AND DESTRUCTION OF DWELLINGS BY CAMEROON DEFENSE FORCES IN EKONDO TITI, SOUTH WEST REGION. According To Reliable Sources, Atleast 2 Unarmed Civilians Were Shots To Deaths, Several Houses Set Ablaze, property & others Looted By Members of Cameroon Defense Forces At Ekondo Balue, Ekondo Titi Sub Division, South West Region On The 4th of November 2024.Our sources added that the Defense forces stormed the Village in search of Armed Separatists, but ended up killing 2 civilians and destroying several properties of the civilians. At the time of writing this report, there has not been any Official reaction from the authorities. But it should be noted that killings unarmed civilians and destructing dwellings by the belligerents is systematic since the ongoing armed conflict in Anglophone regions of Cameroon started about 8 years ago from a pacific protest to a full armed conflict.Some images of houses burnt and 1 of the civilian killed below.

Douala, 08 November 2024 Amadu TARNTEH Executive Director