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| Title | Cameroon: Whether students were arrested on 20 January 2000 during a meeting at the University of Douala and whether a subsequent protest was organized by the students' parents (January-February 2000) |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Publication Date | 1 November 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CMR40048.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Cameroon: Whether students were arrested on 20 January 2000 during a meeting at the University of Douala and whether a subsequent protest was organized by the students' parents (January-February 2000), 1 November 2002, CMR40048.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3f7d4d722d.html [accessed 31 May 2012] |
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Cameroon: Whether students were arrested on 20 January 2000 during a meeting at the University of Douala and whether a subsequent protest was organized by the students' parents (January-February 2000)
No reports of the arrest of students on 20 January 2000 at the university of Douala or of subsequent protest by students' parents could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, citing student sources, a 28 January 2000 AFP article indicated, without specify the date, that a strike in which "several student protesters were injured and more than 100 were arrested during clashes with police in Cameroon's economic capital Douala" started "timidly at the end of last week but toughened up on Wednesday." The article explained that students protested over "increased costs, exam conditions and grant payments" (AFP 28 Jan. 2000).
Country Reports 2000 noted that:
On January 27, security forces intervened in a student strike at the University of Douala. The students went on strike on January 18 to demand changes at the university. The police used water cannons and night-sticks on the students, and beat several students severely (see Section 1.c.). Police also arrested several students and detained them for 2 days (see Section 1.d.). Political activist Mboua Massok also was arrested near the campus for his apparent support of the strike (Feb. 2001, Sect. 2.b).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 28 January 2000. "Over 100 Students Arrested in Campus Clashes in Cameroon." (NEXIS)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000. 23 February 2001. United States Department of States. Washington, DC. <http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/713htm> [Accessed 29 Oct. 2002]
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential London] January-March 2000.
Africa Research Bulletin [London] January-March 2000.
IRB Databases.
Jeune Afrique [Paris] January-February 2000.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge] January-March 2000.
West Africa [London] January-March 2000.
LEXIS/NEXIS.
Websites, including:
Africatime.
Allafrica.
Amnesty International.
Cameroon-Info.net.
Cameroon News.
Cameroon Tribune.
FIDH.
HRW.
International Student Associations.
Le Patriote [Yaounde]
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