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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-10-2025-0234

on behalf of the PfE Group · Rapporteur: Silvia Sardone, Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Nikola Bartůšek

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This resolution condemns the prosecution and detention of journalists in Cameroon, citing specific cases, and calls for their release and for reforms to protect press freedom. It urges EU member states and the EU to raise human rights concerns with Cameroonian authorities and to support detained journalists.

Key points

  1. Regrets that Cameroon uses anti-terror, anti-state, and false news charges, plus criminal defamation, to detain journalists, often via military tribunals.
  2. Calls for the release of individuals arbitrarily detained for exercising freedom of expression or association without due process.
  3. Calls on EU member state diplomatic missions to visit detained journalists and maintain contact with their families and colleagues.
  4. Calls on Cameroonian authorities to end incommunicado detention and repeal or amend the Suppression of Acts of Terrorism Law, which allows death sentences for peaceful protest.
  5. Calls on the EU and its member states to raise individual cases and human rights concerns with Cameroonian authorities.
  6. Expresses concern over the decline of press freedom and journalist safety in Cameroon for over a decade.

Who is affected

  • Journalists in Cameroon, including Amadou Vamoulké, Tsi Conrad, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah, and Kingsley Njoka, who are detained.
  • Cameroonian authorities, who are urged to release detainees and reform laws.
  • EU member states and the EU, called to engage diplomatically.