This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Stop Cameroon government brutalising Anglophone striking lawyers and teachers
Cameroon is a Bilingual Country. For long, there has been a marginalisation of the English culture/system of operating by the largely dominant French speaking government. Lawyers and teachers in the past week came out in protest of this marginalisation. Government response has been brutal and fatal
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Lawyers and teachers of English extract came out in protest requesting government to look into the marginalisation of the Anglo-Saxon system of operating.
The population of the 2 English speaking provinces joined in the peaceful demonstrations. In response, government unleashed uniform men who used disproportionate force leading to 3 fatalities and several injuries.
Parliament SHOULD condemn these killings. Cameroon government should know it's citizens have a right to peaceful demonstrations.
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