PICAM Applauds Plan by the International Criminal Court to Prosecute Election Riggers: Calls for a Closer Look at Cameroon

(May 31, 2010) PICAM supports the broad interpretation of the mandate of the ICC to investigate and prosecute atrocities that may amount to crimes against humanity, including acts of violence conducted as part of an electoral process. This perspective from the ICC came during a curtain-raiser conference ...  MORE

PICAM Condemns Death of Imprisoned Journalist: Calls for Transparent Investigation and Release of Prisoners of Conscience in Cameroon

(April 28, 2010) PICAM strongly condemns the death of imprisoned journalist, Germain Ngota Ngota in the notorious Kondengui prison in Yaounde. Germain who was found dead on April 22, 2010 in prison was a 15 year veteran of the Cameroonian print media. He had launched the Cameroon Express in ...     MORE

Campaign for the Recognition of Dual Nationality in Cameroon
(April 15, 2010) Consistent with its actions in bringing issues of national challenge to the forefront of public policy debate in Cameroon, PICAM has issued a Policy Paper entitled “The Need to Recognize Dual Citizenship in Cameroon”. A civic campaign has also been launched to facilitate public involvement in addressing this issue ...   MORE

Declaration of the Conference on the State of Democracy in Cameroon

(March 15, 2010) PICAM is glad to publish the “Declaration of the Conference on the State of Democracy in Cameroon 50 Years After Independence” which held on March 6, 2010 at American University in Washington DC, USA. This conference was an important and necessary opportunity to address ...     MORE

Cameroonian Youths Need A Vision, Not An Annual Youth Day Recitation

(February 12, 2010) As a routine annual exercise of self gratification, Mr. Paul Biya  lectured Cameroonian youths about Cameroon history and how things have changed since the country gained independence. It appears however that Mr. Biya has his facts distorted for self-aggrandizement and political manipulation. Mr. Biya ... MORE

Press Freedom in Danger in Cameroon: Government Should Release Jean-Bosco Talla and other Journalists in Cameroon Prisons Immediately

(December 18, 2009) PICAM strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of Jean-Bosco Talla, Managing Editor of the newspaper Germinal. Talla was secretly arrested on December 10 and taken to the State Secretariat for Defense. Talla was transferred to the notorious Kondengui prison on ...         MORE