Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: Two International Human Rights Organizations publish 15 Verified reports of burning and killings between 2020 and 2022
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Published on 9 December 2022, Cameroon Anglophone Crisis Database of Atrocities and the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa on the occasion of the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2022, the 15 verified incidents of Human Rights Violations including burnings and killings were committed between the year 2020 and 2022.
Below is the press released and the reports as published on CHRDA official website.
On the eve of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis Database of Atrocities releases 15 new verification reports of burnings and killings perpetrated between 2020 and 2022 in the Anglophone conflict in Cameroon. They include seven village burnings, six attacks on education, one shooting of youths, and one hospital burning.
The reports, researched in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa CHRDA) and university teams around the world, include actions against civilians in the last two years. The Cameroon Defense and Security Forces are implicated in half the reports, in one case with Fulani herdsmen. “Ambazonia” non-state armed separatist groups are implicated in the other half of the geolocated verifications, with perpetrators unclear in two cases.
These verified atrocities demonstrate destruction of life, property, and dignity in the Anglophone Crisis, in some cases as collective punishment. These attacks on civilians and civilian objects—students, schools, homes, hospital—violate national or international laws. The Database of Atrocities, a volunteer initiative hosted at University of Toronto, collects and verifies information on atrocities being perpetrated in Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict. It aims to counter impunity; deter further violence; and store information for future international justice processes and a possible national truth, justice, and reconciliation commission. The Database has received over 900 submissions to date. Where the level of evidence permits, the team investigates submitted incidents and produces verification reports. The Database team includes volunteer researchers at the Edinburgh International Justice Initiative, University of Exeter, Leiden University, and University of Toronto, with support from CHRDA and the Anglophone Crisis Monitoring Project.
The Database is committed to securely storing information about human rights abuses. Individuals or organizations with videos, photos, or documents about atrocities perpetrated in Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis can anonymously and securely upload them at: https://cameroondatabase.ushahidi.io/posts/create/4
To view published verification reports, go to: https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/Cameroon
For more information on the Database, go to: https://research.rotman.utoronto.ca/Cameroon/
You can download the verified reports through the links below
Berinyuy Cajetan is the founder and publisher of Human Rights and Legal Research Centre (HRLRC) since 2017. He has intensive experience in strategic communications for Civil Society Organizations, campaign and advocacy, and social issues. He has an intensive experiencing in human rights monitoring, documentation and reporting.
