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…
Global Conscience Commemorates World Human Rights Day
Global Conscience Initiative organized a one-day workshop on December 10, 2007, to commemorate the 59th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. About thirty persons drawn from various backgrounds in Kumba assemble in the Global Conscience conference hall and…
GCI Opinion: Arrest of Kumba SDF Chair by Administration Intended to Facilitate Electoral Fraud
Global Conscience Initiative has characterized the arrest and detention of the Kumba Electoral District Chair of the Social Democratic Front, SDF party, as arbitrary and a gross violation of the constitutional and human rights of Mr. Asapngu Ferdinand. Global Conscience…
Southern Cameroons Case: PAIN/GCI drag Nigeria to African Commission
People Against Injustice (PAIN) Gambia, and Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) Cameroon, have filed a joint complaint to the African Commission on human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) against the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the latter’s refusal to respect a Federal…
Southern Cameroons Case: PAIN/GCI drag Nigeria to African Commission
People Against Injustice (PAIN) Gambia, and Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) Cameroon, have filed a joint complaint to the African Commission on human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) against the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the latter’s refusal to respect a Federal…
Growing Arbitrary Arrests, Detentions, and Extortion in Kumba Police and Gendarmerie Stations
In spite the introduction of the new Criminal Procedure code that guarantees some basic human rights of suspects, police and gendarmes in Kumba continue to detain persons for prolonged periods of over a week demanding huge sums of money from…