Freedomhouse-Washington: Cameroon opressing political rights, civil liberties and freedom of the press

Freedom House, a Washington-based organization that has established reputation in studying the extent of democracy in the world has just published a study showing that Cameroon does not promote political rights, civil liberties and freedom of the press.

This is another report emerging from the US that will further upset the Biya regime. This time around, it does not come from an anonymous association, but Freedom House, a highly credible Washington-based organization that studies the extent of democracy in the world. 

According to the report, Cameroon is listed among the world's worst 50 oppresive countries that do not favor civil liberties.

Amongst the 195 countries and 15 territories that were included in the survey, Cameroon produced a partial score of 24 points out of 100, Just like Afghanistan and Angola.

According to Freedom House , the method used to assess the freedom is taken from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . It has been applied to all countries and territories, regardless of geographic location, ethnic or religious composition , or level of economic development.

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