| On Cameroon
US To Block Visas For Role in Slaughter of
Anglophones While UN Censors
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 7 – Amid the slaughter of
civilians in the Anglophone
areas of Cameroon, Inner City
Press asked UN Sec-Gen Antonio
Guterres why his
administration was offering no
protection, after it made a
deal with Paul Biya's
Ambassador Tommo Monthe as
chair of the UN Budget
Committee, of silence for
administrative favors.
Guterres
had Inner City Press roughed
up and banned since, no
appeal.
Inner City Press
asked the US Mission to the UN
about it, and DC-based Erica
Barks-Ruggles about
Cameroon, which she noted is
not on the UNSC
agenda.
Now on June 7, US
Secretary of State Antony
Blinken has said,
"The United States is deeply
concerned by the continued
violence in the Anglophone
regions of Cameroon. We
continue to call for both the
Cameroonian government and
separatist armed groups to end
the violence and engage in a
dialogue without preconditions
to peacefully resolve the
crisis. It is important
that children can attend
school and that humanitarian
aid can be delivered. We
urge all relevant stakeholders
in Cameroon and in the
diaspora to engage
constructively and seek a
peaceful resolution to the
crisis.
We condemn those
who undermine peace through
engaging in or inciting
violence, human rights
violations and abuses, and
threats against advocates for
peace or humanitarian
workers. I am
establishing a policy imposing
visa restrictions on
individuals who are believed
to be responsible for, or
complicit in, undermining the
peaceful resolution of the
crisis in the Anglophone
regions of Cameroon.
This decision
reflects our commitment to
advance a dialogue to
peacefully resolve the
Anglophone crisis and support
respect for human
rights. The United
States strongly supports the
Cameroonian people, and we
remain committed to working
together to advance democracy
and mutual prosperity for both
our countries. Now
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