2018–2019 Cameroonian protests
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The 2018–2019 Cameroonian protests were protests and a 13-month uprising in support of opposition leader Maurice Kamto, after claims of fraud during the 2018 Cameroonian presidential election in Cameroon. The protests consisted of super strikes, demonstrations, occupations, campaigns, boycotts, nonviolent disobedience, bloodless disturbances, protest rallies, and General strikes.
Protests[edit]
Protest actions broke in the general public after the results of the elections were announced, with protestors angry at the rule of President Paul Biya. They started as a wave of peaceful demonstrations and largely-nonviolent intermittent protest marches but turned violent after the targeting of peaceful demonstrators and arbitrary arrests of protesters.[1][2] A series of scattered anti-government protests took place throughout the summer of 2019, calling for the release of their opposition leader, arrested during protests in January.
Following this, larger acts of protests were organized across the nation as rallies, grassroots demonstrations, and opposition strikes were scheduled against the result of the election. Mass demonstrations and largely-bloodless staged protest rallies were organized by the opposition in April–May 2019, the biggest since January 2019, when public anger increased. Large crowds of demonstrators marched throughout the streets in support of the opposition. During the protest, there were numerous detainments and arrests, including Maurice Kamto, who was detained along with the other 351 protesters.[3] The police also fired shots to disperse crowds.
In Fall 2019, Mass rallies and demonstrations again took place as another round of peaceful strikes and grassroots rallies were organized by the opposition. Anger was also growing a lack of meaningful political pluralism and a crackdown against the political opponents of longtime President Paul Biya. While the protests were mainly peaceful, the growing street protests and opposition activities saw a swift response by the Cameroonian authorities.[4][5]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Cameroon: Peaceful protesters targeted in violent crackdown must be released". Amnesty International. 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "Cameroon arrests opposition leader who claims he won 2018 election". The Guardian. 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "Cameroon opposition party cancels protests after government ban". France24. 2 February 2019.
- ↑ "Cameroon's Opposition Moves to Safe, Holy Ground for Anti-Biya Protests". VOA News. October 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Hundreds of opposition members arrested in Cameroon". The Guardian. 4 June 2019.
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