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| JOURNALISTS PROTEST |
Journalists in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala
protested against what they described as a worst form of humiliation on one of
their colleagues.
Led by the Cameroon Journalists Trade Union, CJTU, better
known in French as Syndacat National des Journalistes du Cameroun,SNJC,
the
embittered pressmen dragged some staff and the management of the Gynaco-Obstetric
Hospital, in Yassa,Douala, to the Ndokoti Court of First Instance,June 14 2016.
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| AT NDOKOTI COURT PREMISES |
The lawsuit is prompted by the attitude of some
hospital staff that on June 11 2016 stripped a journalist who was investigating on
new born and premature babies.
The journalist, Jacky T. who works with Sweet FM
radio Station, Douala dispatched by her newsroom also needed information on
the case
of nursing mothers held hostage by the hospital for being unable to foot their
hospital bills.
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| SNJC PRESIDENT |
Sweet FM officials said the journalist who had
identified herself at the entrance to the hospital was intercepted by one of the
administrators.
On the premise that she was to be searched, the young reporter
was stripped of her dresses and her genitals checked. This, in the presence of some hospital staff.
The President of SNJC Denis Nkwebo said they
are seeking redress from the humiliation and abuse of the dignity of a reporter, illegal detention and for trauma.
The trade union has also announced another case at the Military Tribunal in Bonanjo, against gendarmes on duty at the hospital, for not assisting the journalist who was in danger.
SNJC has also condemned repeated intimidation and assault on journalists in Cameroon.
The trade union has also announced another case at the Military Tribunal in Bonanjo, against gendarmes on duty at the hospital, for not assisting the journalist who was in danger.
SNJC has also condemned repeated intimidation and assault on journalists in Cameroon.
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