At a time when the entire world is urging Cameroonian leadership to have an inclusive dialogue without preconditions, in order to give peace and national reconciliation a chance in our country, facing civil war and serious threats of implosion, the regime of BIYA is still obstinate with its approach of monopolizing the political field with totalitarian aims, giving a deaf ear to the plural expression of the different sociodemographic sensitivities of the country. The only effect to this approach will be the exacerbation of socio-political tensions and radicalizing the positions at the antipodes of the appeasement being sought. This approach was recently illustrated by our arbitrary arrest and detention, together with our supporters, on January 28, 2019, at the end of the peaceful marches organized by the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) on 26 January 2019 in some cities of Cameroon, and we were accused on false grounds including insurrection, rebellion, hostility to the homeland, the destruction of public property at the national level and in some Cameroonian embassies abroad, among others, for which authorities are unable to provide any evidence so far...
The European Regional Federation of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) brings to the attention of public opinion the following: since 28 January 2019, President Maurice KAMTO, National President of the MRC and nearly 160 activists and allies of the coalition that supported him during the presidential election of 07 October 2018 have been kidnapped in many cities in Cameroon. These abducted persons were all systematically deported to Yaoundé and detained for two weeks at the Secretariat of State for Defence (SED) and the Special Operations Group (GSO), without trial or warrant of arrest. To date, these abducted persons have all been subsequently transferred to Yaoundé Central Prison (Kondengui) under the instructions of a judge of the Yaoundé Military Court...
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