Fongum Gorji Dinka, head of the Cameroon Bar Association, called for
In February, “the Douala Ten” were arrested after they attempted to form an opposition party. Until this time, the Cameroonian Government was ruled by a single party, the Cameroon National Union. The Douala Ten were tried for charges of “subversion.”
On May 26, six people were killed by governmental security forces during rallies for the inauguration of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), an opposition party led by an Anglophone politician.