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29 Nov 2012

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World Organisation Against Torture

Cameroon: Arbitrary arrest of and judicial harassment against Mr. Nasako Besingi and four SEFE collaborators

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the...situation in Cameroon...[of] Nasako Besingi, Director of the NGO Struggle to Economize Future Environment (SEFE)...and four of his collaborators...The Observatory strongly condemns these arrests and...judicial harassment...as it seems to merely aim at sanctioning SEFE peaceful human rights activities... Please...[ask] the authorities of Cameroon...to: Guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Nasako Besingi [and his collaborators]...; Put an end to all acts of harassment - including at the judicial level - against them... [refers to Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon, a subsidiary of Herakles Farms (part of Herakles Capital)]

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