Seeking Justice for the Death of Cameroonian Journalist Samuel Wazizi 

Samuel Wazizi

Media Defence has filed a claim against Cameroon at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in the case of Cameroonian journalist, Samuel Abuwe Ajiekha, popularly known as Samuel Wazizi.   In August 2019, Wazizi was arrested in connection with his critical reporting on the Cameroonian government’s handling of the Anglophone Crisis. His whereabouts was concealed for nearly ten months, despite countless attempts to locate him.   In 2020, the government issued a […]