Cameroon: Election Violence in Anglophone Regions (Human Rights Watch report Continued)

Investigate Abuses; Ensure Justice The Crisis in the Anglophone Regions Over the past three years, Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have been embroiled in a cycle of violence that has claimed over 3,000 lives, forced 679,000 people to flee their homes, and left 600,000 children without education. Human rights abuses by armed separatists and government forces have been rife since the crisis began in late 2016. Security forces have killed civilians, burned dozens of villages, and arbitrarily arrested and tortured hundreds of alleged armed separatists. Armed separatists have also targeted civilians, kidnapped hundreds of people, and tortured and killed perceived opponents, while…