![]() They also shot and killed Nwang Lydia, a 60-year-old woman, after she failed to provide information about a separatist fighter. In Gom village, North-West region, on June 8, two soldiers broke into the house of fon (the local traditional authority) and harassed eight people there, including a 72-year-old man whom they beat. The soldiers also looted scores of homes and threatened residents. On January 10, army soldiers killed at least nine civilians, including a woman and a child, in Mautu village, South-West region. Security forces responded to separatist attacks with a heavy hand, often targeting civilians across the Anglophone regions. Anglophone Crisisīased on Human Rights Watch’s field and open source research, at least 4,000 civilians have been killed by both government forces and armed separatist fighters since late 2016 in the North-West and South-West regions, as separatists seek independence for the country’s minority Anglophone regions. The government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic lacked transparency and was marred by allegations of corruption and misappropriation of funds. Government forces subjected Cameroonian asylum seekers deported from the United States to serious human rights violations following their return, including physical assault and abuse, arbitrary arrest and detention, extortion, and confiscation of identity documents, thus impeding freedom of movement, ability to work, and access to public services. The government continued to restrict freedom of expression and association, while the state-sanctioned persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people intensified. In responding to the armed conflict, government forces have also been responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests. The Islamist armed group Boko Haram increased its attacks in the Far North region from January to April, killing at least 80 civilians, with over 340,000 internally displaced as of August 2021. Separatists, who have violently enforced a boycott on education since 2017, continued to attack students and education professionals. Armed groups and government forces committed human rights abuses, including mass killings, across Cameroon’s Anglophone regions and in the Far North region.Īs the crisis in the Anglophone regions continued unabated for the fifth year, over 712,000 people were internally displaced in the Anglophone regions and in the Francophone Littoral, West, and Centre regions as of August 2021, and at least 2.2 million people were in need of humanitarian aid.
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