SCNC activists home and abroad targeted by security operatives

BY TALLA AGHAA CHRISTOPHER   The lives of activists of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) both at home and abroad are at risk as government security operatives are targeting them. As the crisis rocking the North West and South West regions, which has now spiraled into an armed struggle, escalates, the government has intensified its efforts to crack down on SCNC activists. Many of them are being arrested and detained under horrendous and inhuman conditions. Some have died in detention. The arrested SCNC activists are being tried under the anti-terrorism law whose maximum punishment is the death penalty. The…