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Activist Missing for Over One Month

UA: Cameroon 168.18
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This action ended on September 13, 2018

Activist Franklin Mowha, the president of the NGO Frontline Fighters for Citizens Interests (FFCI) went missing on 6 August during a mission in the southwest region of Cameroon. His friends and family have not heard from him since. They fear he might have been caught up in one of the frequent raids that the military conducts in the region and may have been subjected to enforced disappearance.

Activist Franklin Mowha, the president of the NGO Frontline Fighters for Citizens Interests (FFCI) went missing on 6 August during a mission in the southwest region of Cameroon. His friends and family have not heard from him since. They fear he might have been caught up in one of the frequent raids that the military conducts in the region and may have been subjected to enforced disappearance. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Calling on Cameroonian authorities to urgently conduct a thorough, transparent and effective investigation into the fate and whereabouts of Franklin Mowha and report any findings immediately to his family;
  • Calling on the Cameroonian authorities to immediately end all secret detention and torture and respect human rights in the Anglophone regions.

Contact these two officials by 25 October, 2018: 

President of the Republic, Paul Biya   Présidence de la République Cabinet Civil          Cellule de Communication Yaounde, Cameroon Twitter: @PR_Paul_BIYA Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear President

H.E. Ambassador Etoundi Essomba, Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon 3007 Tilden Street NW, Suite 5M, Washington, DC 20008 Phone: 202 265 8790 I Fax: 202 387 3826 Email: [email protected] Contact Form: http://www.cameroonembassyusa.org/contact.html Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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