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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2627(RSP))

On Prosecution of journalists in Cameroon, notably the cases of Amadou Vamoulké, Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior and Tsi Conrad

B-10-2025-0232

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Catarina Vieira, Mounir Satouri, Maria Ohisalo, Ville Niinistö, Nicolae Ştefănuță

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This resolution condemns the structural violations of journalists' human rights by Cameroonian authorities and urges the government to respect freedom of expression and press in line with international obligations. It calls for the immediate and unconditional release of five named journalists and all other jailed journalists in Cameroon. It calls on the EU and Member States to take actions including trial observation, humanitarian visas, and possible sanctions.

Key points

  1. Condemns structural violations of journalists' human rights by Cameroonian authorities, including attacks, retaliatory charges, arbitrary detention, and unfair trials.
  2. Urges the Cameroonian government to respect freedom of expression and press, in line with its international obligations including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
  3. Calls for the immediate and unconditional release and effective rehabilitation of Amadou Vamoulké, Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior, Tsi Conrad, and all other jailed journalists in Cameroon.
  4. Calls on the EU Delegation and Member States' diplomatic missions to ensure comprehensive trial observation, visit journalists in detention, and maintain contact with at-risk journalists.
  5. Calls on diplomatic missions to press for independent and transparent investigations into suspicious deaths of journalists, including in government custody.
  6. Calls on Member States to facilitate applications for humanitarian visas for Cameroonian journalists at risk of persecution.
  7. Calls on the EU and Member States to use their economic and diplomatic presence to urge authorities to release jailed journalists and abide by international human rights standards.
  8. Calls on the Commission to consider sanctions against individuals complicit in human rights violations against journalists, including abductions, torture, killings, and arbitrary detention.

Who is affected

  • Cameroonian authorities: urged to release journalists and respect human rights.
  • Jailed journalists in Cameroon: called for their release and rehabilitation.
  • EU Delegation and Member States' diplomatic missions: tasked with trial observation and visits.
  • Cameroonian journalists at risk: encouraged to apply for humanitarian visas.
  • EU and Member States: urged to use economic and diplomatic leverage.