Cameroon: Further information on torture and ill-treatment / possible prisoners of conscience / medical concern / death in custody: reports of torture amid large-scale arrests

Index Number: AFR 17/031/1997
Date Published: 16 December 1997
Categories: Africa, Cameroon

Reports of torture amid large-scale arrests: More than 50 of those arrested are still held whithout charge or trial, most at the Nkondengui prison in Yaounde. Others have been transfered to the Principal Prison in Mfou. There is concern for their health and safety.