The CPJ Demanding Release of Journalist in Detention by Cameroon or Lose AFCON 2019

The CPJ urge the President of the Confederation of African Football CAF Ahmad Ahmad to suspend hosting rights by Cameroon of the AFCON 2019 if Government does not release the journalists arrested within the context of the Anglophone crisis.

In a letter addressed on Friday by the African Program Coordinator Angela Quinta said CAF should not reward repressive governments for repression. She further elucidated that with the coming of the AFCON 2019 to Cameroon, visiting journalists will be scared of coming of the repression of the Cameroon Government for they cannot freely report. 

The coming of the AFCON to Cameroon has been hit with so many shortcomings such as the infrastructure which still needs serious touching.