Human Rights Watch Issues Commentary: Police Assault Prominent Rights Lawyer in Cameroon
December 23, 2023
December 23, 2023
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Dec. 22, 2023:
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Police Assault Prominent Rights Lawyer in Cameroon
By Lewis Mudge, Director, Central Africa
Atoh Walter M. Tchemi, a prominent Cameroonian human rights lawyer, knows firsthand the harassment and threats that comes with his job. But even he wasn't expecting to be beaten up by the police when he went to meet a client.
About 10:30 a.m. toda . . .
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Police Assault Prominent Rights Lawyer in Cameroon
By Lewis Mudge, Director, Central Africa
Atoh Walter M. Tchemi, a prominent Cameroonian human rights lawyer, knows firsthand the harassment and threats that comes with his job. But even he wasn't expecting to be beaten up by the police when he went to meet a client.
About 10:30 a.m. toda . . .