Cameroon people's party condemn arrest of Addec members

According to Kah Walla’s party, breach of an individuals right is in sharp contrast with the rights and freedoms principles taught in our academic institutions. The party also declared its permanent support for the Association for the defence of the rights of the students in Cameroon (Addec) and all its members.

According to a statement signed on Sunday, October 12, 2014 by the president of the Executive Council of the Association for the defence of the rights of students in Cameroon (Addec) Batoum Thierry, its Secretary-General, Tchaleu Barthélémy its Secretary for housing and Nana Clovis were arrested on the Yaoundé I University campus on the orders of the Rector, Pr Maurice-Aurélien Sosso.

Since that date, they were held at the Office of the Commissioner of the fifth district, where Tchaleu Barthélémy initiated a hunger strike. Following these arrests, the Cameroon people's party reacted.

In a press release entitled, "abusive arrest of the Addec students: our rights and freedoms more than ever is in danger!" signed by the Secretary general, the party headed by Kah Walla denounces and condemns, "these practices that dramatically contrast the principles of rights and freedoms which these are taught students within our academic institutions and recalled its permanent support to Addec and all its members”.

This flagrant violation of the rights of students by the University authorities, according to the leadership of this opposition party, has just lengthened the long list of abuses orchestrated by the University administration in all the various State universities in recent years.

"This determination with regard to members of the student associations in General and the Addec in particular, reflects the willingness of the authorities of our country, to annihilate the authentic and autonomous student movements in the State universities in Cameroon".

PPC joined all the organizations for the defence of human rights committed in this case, not without calling on all Cameroonians to mobilize to obtain the release of these students and the annulment of the decision of temporary exclusion for two academic years of the victims.