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By Matthew Russell Lee, CJR PFT NYP

UNITED NATIONS GATE, August 20 –After Paul Biya who has ruled Cameroon for 37 years on January 28 had his opponent Maurice Kamto arrested, Inner City Press again asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and his spokesmen for their comment and action, if any. This came after Guterres had Inner City Press roughed up on 3 July 2018 after it interviewed Biya's Ambassador about the two men's Budget Committee deals and banned from the UN since - Guterres even tried to get Inner City Press banned from the Park East Synagogue, here, which was denied / dodged by his French spokesman Stephane Dujarric, who put up then took down a podcast in which he brags about his "mutually assured destruction" relationship with journalists, here.

  On August 19 with Guterres missing for a 17th day in a row, in public schedule simply blank,  illegally detained Anglophone opposition leaders return to the Yaounde Military Tribunal. Their case was adjourned the last time out after the lawyers of the detained staged a walk out to protest against attempts by the panel of judges to charge their clients despite the fact that appeals are pending are pending at higher jurisdictions.  The health of some of the detainees deteriorates as one of them collapsed in court during the last hearing. Does Guterres care? He and his spokesmen and Communicator Melissa Fleming refuse day after day to refuse Press questions about Cameroon. On August 19, both Guterres and Fleming refused to answer Inner City Press' written questions about Ayuk Tabe, Tassang Wilfried, Nfor Ngala Nfor et al, thereby emboldening the Biya's kangaroo court.

  Now on August 20 comes news that Ayuk Tabe and the others have been given LIFE SENTENCES and an enormous fine, by Biya's military judge Judge Lieutenant Colonel MISSE NJONE Jacques B. Guterres is entirely corrupt on this file. But will his communications / propaganda team at least respond? What will the ostensibly mediating Swiss say? Guterres has colluded in this miscarriage of justice, as he censors the Press to try to conceal the UN bribery of CEFC China Energy exposed in the UN Federal SDNY Court. Perhaps it is he, who should be in court.

  On August 17 this from UNHCR of his incoming Global Communicator Melissa Fleming: "The situation in the North West and South West regions remained tense in July, with many localities being destroyed and persons displaced as fighting continues between security forces and non-state armed groups. This, added to the continuous lockdowns in the afflicted areas and use of explosives by fighters have increased population movements with few people only returning for short periods to check on family, property or harvest crops. Between 22 and 26 July, hostilities forced an estimated 50 households of about 300 individuals in Bafmeng, NW region to move to nearby bushes. Meanwhile, on 03 July, a delegation of UN Agencies and Cluster Leads led by OCHA visited the Regional Humanitarian Coordination Centre to discuss on modalities for the distribution of humanitarian assistance and on 26 July, heads of Agencies met in UNHCR-Bamenda to finalise on the procedures put in place in partnership with government through the Regional Humanitarian Coordination Centres (RHCC) for humanitarian assistance to persons of concern in these areas." This while Guterres conceals his financial links to CEFC China Energy and has Inner City Press banned for 409 days and counting. And what do missing censor Guterres, and his Communicator Melissa Fleming who has been written to, say? So far, nothing. Watch this site.

  On July 22 Inner City Press was provided from Yaounde with video a protest in prison by people illegally detained. Inner City Press asked Guterres, his deputy Amina J. Mohammed, his vacationing (in France) spokesman Stephane Dujarric and his deputy Farhan Haq: "July 22-3: On Cameroon, after the SG took Biya's golden statue and UN Budget Committee favors, what are the comments and actions if any from him and separately DSG Amina J. Mohammed on the protests today by those Ambazonians illegally detained in Kondengui Central Prison?"

  While Haq's dying noon briefing lasted only until 12:14 pm he did not answer this or any other written question from Inner City Press, which published the video here. 

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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