UK Pledges Support For Government of Central African Nation Cameroon To Resolve Political Crisis
Credit: ukincameroontwitter / British High Commissioner to Cameroon Rowan James Laxton meets with President of the Republic, H.E. Paul BIYA at the Unity Palace on 24 April 2019.
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The United Kingdom announced this week it is supporting the government of central African nation Cameroon to help solve its current humanitarian and security challenges. There have been growing concerns over human rights violations amid the Cameroonian government’s arrest of political opposition leader Maurice Kamto and others, since the central west African nation’s controversial elections last October. His Excellency Rowan James Laxton, the British High Commissioner to Cameroon announced last Wednesday that the UK government has expressed its readiness to help Cameroon resolve its political and security challenges.
“I just had a very productive meeting with His Excellency President Paul Biya. I said to the President my Government was determined to support Cameroon to overcome its current difficulties, but also to make the most of the enormous potential of this wonderful country,”
H.E. Rowan James Laxton, the British High Commissioner to Cameroon
credit: prc.cm/en/news/ British High Commissioner to Cameroon Rowan James Laxton confers with President BIYA at the Unity Palace on 24 April 2019.
The British diplomat and President Biya focused on the humanitarian and security situation in Cameroon – including the situation in the north of the country, the Far North, North-West and South-West Regions in particular, according to a statement from the Cameroon government.
credit: credit: prc.cm/en/news/ Le Haut-Cimmissaire du Royaume-Uni reçu au Palais de l’Unité – 24.04.2019
EU Calls On Cameroon Government To Release Political Prisoners, halt human rights violations
Credit: youtube / Federica Maria Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
The European Union last week called for the release of jailed opposition members in Cameroon, a halt to escalating violence, and human rights violations.
“Key opposition figures are under arrest and face military trials. More than a hundred protesters or sympatizers are facing prolonged detentions. Defense lawyers claim that Cameroon’s own legal procedures are not being respected. A de facto ban has been imposed on marches and protests of the opposition, which is clearly not in line with the constitutional rights of Cameroonian citizens.”
-Federica Maria Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Apr. 18, 2019 speech Strasbourg, France, addressing the situation in Cameroon.
