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| VICTIM OF BRUTALITY |
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| INJURED BARRISTER CARO TIME |
“We were moving peacefully around Bocom in Mile 17
in Buea when policemen swooped on us, torturing us severely. Numbers of other colleagues sustained injuries on their head and legs like myself.
A female lawyer is among those who have been injured. We must ensure that our demands are met,”
Barrister Melle Didien, told this reporter in a determined tone, Thursday November
10.
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| BARRISTER MELLE |
Prior to the police brutality on Common Law Lawyers,
the entire Fako Division (Buea, Limbe,
Muyuka, Tiko) had witnessed an early morning troop deployment of gun-totting policemen and gendarmes apparently to
prevent and planned protest by lawyers.
Torture
in Different areas
Reports say, the lawyers who had traveled from different
parts of the region to converge on Buea were brutally halted, pulled out of
their cars and beaten.
“The lawyers who were driving from Limbe to Buea
were halted and beaten around mile 16 and Mile 17. Others were searched in
the Muyuka area, ”
concordant witnesses in these localities said. Other sources indicate that security forces raided offices.
concordant witnesses in these localities said. Other sources indicate that security forces raided offices.
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| TROOP DEPLOYMENT |
“The
forces went as far as invading Barrister Lifanje Cosmos' office around Obama
Restaurant in Buea and got lawyers who were in well beaten. Barrister Tomson
Tabi is in the hospital with pains on his ribs,” another lawyer recounted.
Other unconfirmed reports said security forces had
in the early hours of Thursday November
10 prevented lawyers from leaving their hotel rooms in the Muea area, where they
has spent their night in preparation for the day's protest.
Why
Lawyers were beaten
Reports from Buea quote police sources as saying
they were given firm instructions to beat up any lawyer who approached the
court premises. “ Nous sommes la pour maintainir l’ordre. On va tabasser tout
ceux qui sont tetus. L’ordre vient d’en haut,” ( we are here to maintain order.
We are going to beat up any one whop is stubborn.
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| BARRISTER EPEH SPEAKS TO US CONSUL |
Orders are from above),” said a
security source who brutally hangs up the phone on this reporter, without explaining the reasons for the brutality on men of law and seizure of their wigs.
American
Diplomat Steps In
In the wake of the standoff between Common Law
Lawyers and security forces an official of the US consulate in Douala visited
some of the protesting lawyers.
“ He told the lawyers not to resort to any violence,” the US diplomat, Stuart Wilson is quoted as saying. The disgruntled layers are said to have handed him a sealed memorandum.
“ He told the lawyers not to resort to any violence,” the US diplomat, Stuart Wilson is quoted as saying. The disgruntled layers are said to have handed him a sealed memorandum.
Amid
troop deployment, the lawyers are said to have successfully stage their peaceful
protest in Muyuka subdivision.
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| LAWYERS MEET AFTER MUYUKA MARCH |
The protest organised by the Fako Lawyers Association,
FAKLA is said to be a continuation of another protest by lawyers in Bamenda in the North West Region.
They lawyers are opposed to what they describe as the assimilation of common law by the French civil law system.
They are also opposed to the non respect of their call for dialogue.
They lawyers are opposed to what they describe as the assimilation of common law by the French civil law system.
They are also opposed to the non respect of their call for dialogue.
Very good coverage Amabo. I will only repeat the words of courage the bedbug is said to have told its children when hot water was poured on them "Courage brothers and sisters. Do not stumble. Though thy path looks dark like night, there is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God and do the right." And to my sister Caro Time,she should know that not a drop of Ambazonian /Southern Cameroonian blood shall be shed for nothing. I am already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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