Africans Rising Urges The Government Of Cameroon To Stop The Killings!
Video footage
of men in military gear executing women and their babies tied on their
back after being blindfolded has been circulating on the internet the
past week. Even though statements from the Cameroonian authorities
initially claimed the video is fake, Rights group Amnesty International
revealed that, “extensive
analysis of the weapons, dialogue, and uniforms that feature in the
video, paired with digital verification techniques and testimonies taken
from the ground, all strongly suggested that the perpetrators of the
executions are Cameroonian soldiers.”
Africans
Rising is horrified by the heinous crimes committed against
innocent citizens. Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity
calls on the government of Cameroon to fulfill its mandate to protect
the lives of its citizens and stop using excessive force against
innocent and vulnerable people or face the wrath of International Law
for war crimes and crime against humanity.
We
call on the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and the
United Nations Human Rights Commission to investigate the matter and
take serious actions against the perpetrators. ‘’Impunity must not
continue to thrive in the # AfricaWeWant and Human Rights violators must
not find allies in governments as well as regional and international
institutions’’ said Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan Co-Movement Coordinator.
The
Africans Rising pleads to the government of Cameroon to give peace a
chance by inviting the belligerents to dialogue and seek a peaceful
resolution of the conflict in Southern Cameroon which according to the
United Nations has resulted in over 160,000 people displaced and another
20,000 living in refugee camps in Nigeria.
The safety and future of the over 40,000 school age children that are
living in bushes, refugees, and IDP camps must be the priority of the
government of Cameroon which must ensure that no Cameroonian child ever
suffer again, the fate the innocent children that were executed in cold
blood by unrestrained soldiers.
Africans
Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity stands in solidarity with the
people of Cameroon in these difficult times and will continue working on
bringing peace and justice to the people of Cameroon.
In Solidarity with the people of Cameroon!
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