Bello Bouba & Issa Tchiroma should face trial under the doctrine of Joint Enterprise with CPDM

The joint enterprise doctrine is a legal principle, primarily in England and Wales, that allows an individual to be prosecuted and convicted of a crime if they were part of a group that had a common purpose to commit it, and they foresaw the risk that another person in the group might commit the crime, even if they didn't carry out the act themselves. Mr Bello Bouba Maigari was part of Amadou Ahidjo and Paul Biya's government. Ahmadou Ahidjo, with support from the French, engaged in a brutal and decades-long campaign of violent repression that targeted and eliminated the radical nationalist movement, the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC). This included the killing of key UPC leaders and a large-scale war against its armed wing. Key details of the repression and assassinations: The UPC's fight for independence: The UPC was the main nationalist movement pushing for full and immediate independence from France. Its leaders, including Ruben Um Nyobè and Félix-Roland Moumié, were vocal opponents of French colonial rule. French involvement in assassinations: French authorities were directly involved in orchestrating the assassinations of UPC leaders. Ruben Um Nyobè: Killed by French forces in 1958. Félix-Roland Moumié: Poisoned by a French secret service agent in Geneva in 1960. Ahidjo's complicity with France: In 1958, France installed Ahidjo as Prime Minister and he became Cameroon's first president after independence in 1960. He relied on French military assistance to suppress the UPC rebellion. This collaboration allowed him to consolidate his power and neutralise his political rivals. The bloody repression: The crackdown on the UPC involved immense violence, particularly in the Bamiléké region. This included the bombing of villages, the use of internment camps, torture, and massacres. Decades of cover-ups: The French and Cameroonian governments intentionally suppressed information about the war's atrocities and censored the media to obscure the truth. The violence and elimination of nationalist leaders were largely concealed from the public. Recent acknowledgements of atrocities The decades-long cover-up of these atrocities has only recently begun to be formally addressed: In 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's "massacres" and "abuses" during the colonial period in Cameroon. In August 2025, a Franco-Cameroonian commission released a report detailing France's role in the repression and the resulting high human toll. Mr Bello Bouba Maigari and Mr Issa Tchiroma Bakary, were silent when the people of British Southern Cameroon were being tortured and murdered. Extensive and credible reporting from human rights organisations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch confirms that government forces under President Paul Biya have tortured, killed, and committed other grave abuses against Anglophones in Cameroon. The abuses occur amid a violent conflict that began in 2016 between the government and armed separatists in the country's English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions. Documented abuses by government forces Torture and ill-treatment: Rights groups have recorded numerous instances of security forces torturing and mistreating individuals, including suspected separatists and other detainees. This includes severe beatings with various objects, mock drownings, electrocution, and burning. In 2019, Human Rights Watch documented detainees being held incommunicado at the Secrétariat d'État à la Défense (SED) facility and routinely tortured. Arbitrary arrests: Security forces have detained Anglophones arbitrarily, including those participating in peaceful protests. Activists and human rights defenders who document or speak out against atrocities have also been targeted and imprisoned. Extrajudicial killings and unlawful killings: There are credible reports of soldiers and other security personnel killing civilians in the Anglophone regions. This has occurred during military operations as a form of collective punishment or retaliation. Burning of villages: State military forces have used arson and looting as a tactic, conducting raids on Anglophone villages and burning down homes, businesses, and entire communities. Sexual violence: Security forces have perpetrated widespread sexual and gender-based violence against civilians during the conflict, including mass rapes during village raids. ‪@BNNews-v2k‬ ‪@Cameroondanceacademy‬ ‪@gabydjo‬ ‪@hrcmedia‬ ‪@MISSCAMEROON‬ ‪@himanrights7519‬ ‪@HumanRightsNetworkHRN‬ ‪@InfoTV_Cameroun‬ ‪@sccauces‬ ‪@HeritageTelevision‬ #civilrights #africa #cameroon #geopolitics #governments #politicalissues #politics