GCI Updates

GCI sent a notice to the State Counsel in Buea this afternoon requesting the compassionate release of Mofor Augustine. We identified Mofor as a candidate for aid during interviews at the prison in mid-August. He was admitted to the Buea Prison in late February and has yet to appear before a judicial authority. Furthermore, he […]

It was thought that the case of Akwo Kevin, Itoe Elvis, and Momfor Jong David was going to be resolved yesterday as the wrongfully detained prisoners’ were scheduled to appear before the Buea Court of Appeal. Unfortunately, the three men remain in custody and GCI’s pursuit of justice on their behalf remains bogged down by

Over 15 Journalists and media students from Buea attented the GCI Media Watch Project’s first workshop last week. The workshop can be said to have been well received. The workshop on August 28 at the function room at GCI headquarters in Buea, covered a range of topics under basic news writing skills, including constructing an

IRIN News reported on the National Commission of Human Rights and Freedoms survey of prison conditions in Cameroon. The NCHRF found out that human rights conditions in the prisons are deplorable. GCI is pleased that other organisations are involved in identifying and publicising the human rights problems facing prisoners. We visited the regional delegation of

Global Conscience Initiative calls on the Minister of Communication to review his decision and remove the ban on Sky One Radio Station in Yaounde, Cameroon. Communication’s Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary accuses the radio station of “pretending to solve social problems” after the radio in one of its programmes solicited support to assist a HIV-positive woman

Global Conscience initiative today filed an appeal at the registry of the High Court in Buea challenging the ruling of the President of the Fako High Court setting aside a GCI application for the release of three suspects who have been in detention in the Buea Central Prisons for eleven months without charges. High Court

The High Court of Fako Division, Buea, July 27 threw out an application filed by Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) for the immediate release of three persons who have been in detention in the Buea Central Prison since August 20, 2008, stating that their detention is not illegal. Justice Forbang Leslie sitting with Mrs. Emoh and

Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) today filed before the High Court of Fako Division “holden” at Buea an application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to issue for the immediate release of three persons who have been in detention at the Buea Regional Prisons since August 2008. The trio who were arrested from their homes in

Global Conscience Initiative now operates a new office in suite 9 of the Fako Ship Plaza Buea. The office opened up to the public last June and has been receiving lots of visitors eager to make a contribution to our work. GCI runs two programmes in the new office: The Prisoner’s Rights Defense Programme and

Niamh Browne of Amnesty International Irish Section arrived Cameroon at 2.00 a.m. January 8, 2008, ahead of a four month field placement with the Global Conscience Initiative. GCI Protection Officer, Ntebo Ebenezer Awung, was on hand to pick her up and the drove striaght to Kumba. Ms. Browne checked into her Hotel at about 8.00