The Way Forward Network (WFN)
for the emancipation of the
Communications Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- January 30, 2010
CALL FOR GHOST TOWNS DURING BIYA'S TRIP TO BAMENDA
The Networking Committee of the Way Forwards Network (WFN) is calling for ghost towns across the
"We declare the day of Biya's trip a day to mourn and reflect on the lives of all Southern Cameroonians who have been murdered or maimed by Mr. Biya's forces, and we call on Southern Cameroonians to boycott all events related to Mr. Biya's trip to Bamenda. There will be simultaneous ghost towns in Mundemba, Mamfe,
This cold-shoulder for Biya is part of our wider strategy that includes ongoing efforts to get the US Senate to cut Cameroon's access to multilateral funding Institutions like the African Development Bank, the IMF and the World Bank—until Cameroon complies with the judgement of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) requiring Cameroon to pay compensation to the families of the victims of it's armed forces.
When the Biya regime announced plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his armed forces in Bamenda, the town most brutalised by these forces since 1990, the irony was not lost on
Going forward, will shall challenge every effort by Biya's regime to browbeat our people into accepting the occupation as a fait accompli.
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The Way Forwards Network (WFN) was created in 2007 by organisations involved in the struggle for the emancipation of the former Ambas-bay Colony aka the United Nations Trust Territory of Southern Cameroons under United Kingdom Administration.
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