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Cameroon UN Belatedly Speaks
On A Death But Silent on
Killings by Biya Following
Guterres
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR PFT NYP
UN GATE, Dec 1 – On September
29 Inner City
Press was sent
another tweet
about
Biya's
platform for
national
dialogue, an
account featuring a
photos of the
grip and grin
between
Guterres and
Biya's
foreign
minister. This is
the result of
Guterres' sold
out diplomacy - a
Potemkin
Village of
fake dialogue
accompanied by
violence
and
censorship. Guterres
is no better
than Biya. At
least Biya is
officially
senile. What
is Guterres'
excuse?
Now on
December 1
Guterres' resident
coordinator in
Yaounde has
issued a
statement
about a death
-- it's good
she does
this, but she
has remained
silent on many, many killings
by Biya's forces,
like Guterres
has: "Yaounde,
1 December
2019 – The
Humanitarian
Coordinator in
Cameroon, Ms.
Allegra
Baiocchi,
strongly
condemns the
killing of an
aid worker in
north-west
Cameroon. “I
am deeply
saddened by
the news of
the horrific
execution of
an aid worker
last night. On
behalf of the
United Nations
and the wider
humanitarian
community, our
deepest
condolences go
to his family,
friends and
colleagues,”
said Ms.
Baiocchi.
On 30
November, Mr.
Pascal Ngwayi,
of COMINSUD, a
local NGO and
UN partner,
was abducted
and later
killed by
armed men in
Donga Mantung
Division of
the North West
Region." We'll
have more
on this.
On
November 28
Guterres was
silent again
about
Cameroon, the
continued
lock up of a
sick
journalist
(Guterres in
his sick away
enjoys and
continues his retaliation
against investigative
journalism which
asks how
he spends
public money,
today in Lisbon)
- while
"Yaoundé
Special
Criminal Court
decision to
reject a
request for
Amadou
Vamoulké's
provisional
release
although two
medical
reports say
this
journalist
needs
treatment
abroad and his
continuing
detention
violates
Cameroonian
law.
On
November 5
before 8 am
Inner City
Press in
writing asked
Guterres,
Stephane
Dujarric, Melissa
Fleming
and of course
Amina J.
Mohammed,
"November 5-2:
On Cameroon
and press
freedom, what
are the
belated
comments and
actions of SG
Guterres on
that the South
West Chapter
Cameroon
Journalists
Trade Union
have showed up
in court for
their detained
colleague,
Samuel Wazizi.
Five
days
later, nothing
at all. Nor on
Cameroon
peacekeepers'
sexual abuse.
Guterres and
the other
three are
entirely
corrupt. And see
their partners
in censorship,
for example here.
Now US President
Trump
has written to
the U.S.
Congress,
cutting off
trade benefits
to Biya's Cameroon:
“I am taking
this step
because I have
determined
that the
Government of
Cameroon
currently
engages in
gross
violations of
internationally
recognized
human rights,
contravening
the
eligibility
requirements
of section 104
of the
(African
Growth and
Opportunity
Act)."
This
while Guterres
covers up
Cameroon
"peacekeepers"
rapes of
children in
CAR, and torching
of villages in
SW and NW. The
dialogue of
which Guterres
made so much,
while banning all
Press
questions
about it, is
dead...
Guterres m.o. is spreading.
Guterres
and his
spokespeople
Stephane
Dujarric and
now Melissa
Fleming have
refused
to answer
Inner City
Press' written
questions
about
Cameroon. Dujarric
amid Biya's
killings tweeted
this: "
UN
Spokesperson
@UN_Spokesperson
Secretary-General
@antonioguterres
encouraged
by
@PR_Paul_BIYA
's decision to
release
Maurice Kamto
and hundreds
of others,
reiterates
@UN 's support
for
#Cameroon's
National
Dialogue." The
irony? Biya on
Twitter blocks
many critics
including
Inner City
Press, which
is ALSO blocked
by Dujarric.
Birds of a
corrupt
feather.
Inner
City Press live
tweeted
the shameful
May UNSC
session and uploaded
Guterres' envoy
Francois
Fall's
failing
statement here.
More
here.
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