UN Recommends Release of Cameroonian Prisoner

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued an opinion calling for the release of Marafa Hamidou Yaya, a former presidential aide detained in Cameroon for 14 years. Yaya was convicted in 2012 of corruption and the opinion is part of a longer-standing review of a complaint he filed in 2020. This development highlights ongoing concerns about human rights in Cameroon.

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