Officials Covered in Flour at Cameroon’s Embassy in Belgium
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- Members of the Brigade Anti-Sardinard entered Cameroon’s embassy in Brussels on Sept. 3 and threw flour at officials inside.
- The group called for the release of political prisoners, including activist Jacques Bertrand Mang, and justice in cases involving detainees who died in custody.
- It also repeated its demand for President Paul Biya to leave office.
Members of the Brigade Anti-Sardinard made an unexpected appearance at Cameroon’s embassy in Brussels on Sept. 3, throwing flour over officials they found inside the diplomatic mission.
The activists used the incursion to repeat demands for the release of what they called political prisoners and other detainees held in Cameroon. They specifically called for the release of activist Jacques Bertrand Mang.
The group also demanded justice in cases involving detainees who died in custody. A video circulating online was cited as evidence of the group’s presence at the embassy and showed members presenting their demands.
The Brigade Anti-Sardinard again called for President Paul Biya to leave office, repeating a demand it had made during the president’s most recent stay in the country, according to the report.
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Originally published by Journal du Cameroun in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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