Journalist, filmmaker & human rights defender for Southern Cameroons. Author. Prisoner of conscience serving a 15-yr sentence, advocating for justice & peace
Centre, Cameroon
Joined May 2018
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#ReleaseThem Journalists are truth tellers. They must be allowed to do their work without fear or favor. The people deserve to know the truth.
#Angola 🇦🇴: 3 jornalistas detidos durante 3 dias por cobrirem protestos
O CPJ insta as autoridades angolanas a retirarem o recurso contra a absolvição de Manuel Chiwila (direita) e Marcelo Cassumba (esquerda), do Portal Ngola TV, e Marcio Bundula (meio), da TV Nzinga, detidos enquanto cobriam um protesto no dia 13 de outubro e mantidos sob detenção durante três dias.
Na capital, Luanda, a polícia algemou e deteve os jornalistas enquanto estes cobriam uma manifestação em frente à sede do Ministério da Saúde, contra a má conduta médica e a falta de capacidade de resposta dos hospitais públicos, contou Chiwila ao CPJ.
Chiwila disse que mostrou o seu cartão de jornalista aos agentes policiais, que o confiscaram, juntamente com os telemóveis de todos os jornalistas, duas câmaras de vídeo e um microfone. Chiwila contou ao CPJ que um agente do Serviço de Investigação Criminal (SIC), na esquadra, lhe deu uma bofetada quando perguntou pela sua câmara.
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🌍 On the International Day of Political Prisoners, CPJ stands with journalists jailed across Sub-Saharan Africa: Eritrea (16), Ethiopia (5), Cameroon (4), Rwanda (4), DRC (3), Mali (3), Burkina Faso (2), Benin (1), Niger (1), Somalia (1). #FreedomStartsWithAName
"Journalists continue to pay an outrageous price for telling the truth.”
On Monday’s Day to #EndImpunity for crimes against journalists, @antonioguterres calls for their protection so they can carry out their essential work safely.
un.org/en/observances…
“Journalists continue to pay an outrageous price for telling the truth.”
On Monday’s Day to #EndImpunity for crimes against journalists, @antonioguterres calls for their protection so they can carry out their essential work safely.
un.org/en/observances/end-im…
Hundreds of journalists are prisoners worldwide. @WashingtonPost @FreedomHouse spotlight 2 names we must not forget on #InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners. TSI CONRAD, journalist, 10yrs in Cameroon prison 4 filming protest. JOSHUA WONG, 30, 6yrs HongKong prison 4 democracy
“Journalists continue to pay an outrageous price for telling the truth.”
On Monday’s Day to #EndImpunity for crimes against journalists, @antonioguterres calls for their protection so they can carry out their essential work safely.
un.org/en/observances/end-im…
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What do we lose when journalists can’t be there to tell the story?
In Episode 1 of Freedom Desk: The Vodcast, Jason Rezaian sits down with award-winning journalist Clarissa Ward for a powerful conversation about the growing threats to journalists.
#FreedomDesk #PressFreedom
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Freedom isn't something you win once. People fight for it, lose it, and fight for it again.
Every week, Jason sits down with someone using their voice to fight for freedom.
New episodes every week starting September 9.
#freedomdesk #pressfreedom
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“When the world looks away, Freedom House is on the ground supporting those in the struggle, and that solidarity matters.”
As we celebrate our 85th anniversary, Katie LaRoque explains why we will keep standing with human rights defenders for as long as it takes.
Support our work: freedomhouse.org/investing-f…
#FreedomHouse85
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CPJ is honoring Colombian journalist Estefany Rodríguez at our 2026 International Press Freedom Awards 🏆
Rodríguez is a Spanish-language reporter, who was detained in March 2026 and held in U.S. ICE custody for 2+ weeks despite being in the US legally. cpj.org/awards/estefany-rodr…
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📣 Journalist and CPJ’s 2026 International Press Freedom Awardee Christina Assi will speak on an expert panel on how to protect journalists and hold those who target them accountable. #IDEI
🗓️ 11/6 | 7-9PM CET
Online or in person at @CGCParisCenter👇
eventbrite.fr/e/voices-in-jo…
Thank you senior comrade. We continue standing strong in the face of injustice hoping that our faith bears fruit and bring ins justice very soon. One day at a time
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“Unless we attend to freedom, it’s not going to be here.”
For our 85th anniversary, artist Laura Roosevelt created five paintings that bring historic voices on freedom into the present.
See the Freedom House Commission: freedomhouse.org/freedom-hou…
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Eighty-five years ago today, Freedom House was founded to serve as a “beacon lighting [the] struggle for a free world”.
This telegram, sent to Eleanor Roosevelt days earlier from Freedom House cofounder Herbert Agar, outlined plans for an organization that would urge Americans to reject isolationism and stand against the fascist forces advancing across Europe.
Since 1941, Freedom House has worked across party lines to defend democracy and stand with people risking their lives for freedom. We are proud to carry that legacy forward, and you can be part of its next chapter: freedomhouse.org/investing-f…
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It was such a wonderful evening at the @NED to be one of those honored by the October 30th Coalition for our work to free political prisoners over our careers. It was made all the more special to be with my former clients Felix @Maradiaga (#Nicaragua) (and his wife @BertaValle who introduced me), @Jschamorrog (Nicaragua) (and his wife @VickyCardenasL), @liliantintori and @antonietamlopez (#Venezuela) (@leopoldolopez's wife and mother), and @yangjianli001 (#China).
These are some excerpts of my remarks:
"It is a tremendous honor to be recognized ... but this has never been about me. It has always been about the #PoliticalPrisoners and their families, the most effective advocates for themselves and for their people ..."
"It has been the honor of a lifetime, with my stellar team, to stand in solidarity with, support, and be inspired by the #humanrights heroes of our time."
"It brings me such joy to be here tonight with my former clients and their spouses. Each showed courage, grace, and dignity under unimaginable pressure. I risked only defeat; they risked their lives and they persevered. They will forever be my sisters and brothers ..."
"Every win is a collective win. No one can say what finally opens a cell door: a UN judgment, a president’s phone call or tweet, a diplomat’s quiet word, or even the prisoner themselves. And as for me, I have simply tried to do my part ..."
"So I leave you with a strong sense of optimism. In every generation, in every country where people face repression, there are those who risk everything to speak truth to power, to demand justice and accountability, and to inspire others to join the fight."
Growing up, I always wondered what it'll feel like to walk the very grounds where Martin Luther King proclaimed his dream of freedom. Y'day, my picture in display at the Lincoln memorial is a victory step towards my very own freedom. I'll walk those grounds as a free man one day
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À NOS PRISONNIERS POLITIQUES : NOUS NE VOUS OUBLIONS PAS !
Une pensée pour Alain Fogue, Bibou Nissack, Djeukam Tchameni et tous les autres détenus.
Justice et liberté pour tous !
#Cameroun #Standupforcameroon
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The message from Washington, D.C., during the marking of International Day of Political Prisoners was clear: FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN UGANDA, UNCONDITIONALLY! No one should be imprisoned for exercising their rights or expressing their political views.
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersInUganda
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“Many will say about my mother, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, that she is a very capable leader. And to explain to my two sons that this is why their grandmother is held in prison in Rwanda breaks my heart.”
These heartbreaking words were spoken by Raïssa Ujeneza, daughter of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, during her speech in Washington on the International Day of Political Prisoners.
Her testimony is a powerful reminder that behind every political prisoner is a family enduring separation, uncertainty, missed milestones and years that can never be recovered.
@VictoireUmuhoza spent eight years in prison, including five years in solitary confinement. She missed precious moments in the lives of her husband, three children and five grandchildren. Since her re-arrest in June 2025, she has been denied the opportunity to attend church services with other prisoners.
Her case has been examined by two prominent international human rights mechanisms, both of which found serious violations of her fundamental rights:
- In 2017, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled that Rwanda had violated her rights to freedom of expression and defence in judicial proceedings.
- In 2026, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that her detention was arbitrary and called for her immediate release and reparations.
Despite these findings, Victoire Ingabire remains imprisoned.
Yet, despite years of persecution, imprisonment and separation from her loved ones, she remains committed to her vision of a better future for Rwanda.
Raïssa concluded her speech with a moving message to her mother: “Mom, you do not stand alone.”
Political imprisonment does not punish only those behind bars. Its consequences reach across families and generations. Behind every political prisoner are loved ones who also pay the price for injustice.
Victoire Ingabire must be released immediately and unconditionally.
#FreedomStartsWithAName #FreeVictoireIngabire #FreeThemAll #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners #FreeThem #Africa
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Forty-four years ago, at just 26, my life partner, Dr Kizza Besigye, abandoned his career as a medical doctor to join a liberation struggle against dictatorship in Uganda.
We won that war. But tragically, the liberators became the oppressors.
Kizza refused to betray the ideals for which he had risked his life. In 2001, he challenged his former commander for the presidency…../2
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And this was rehearsal not the real thing! @HEBobiwine lifted us all- families and activists- with a message of hope and to ‘never give up’ in the struggle for justice.
Thank you @HEBobiwine
We are at Lincoln Memorial marking International Day of Political Prisoners.
Thank you @NED for bringing families, human rights defenders and former political prisoners.
#NoSurrender
#WeDemandJustice
Thank you @bobiwine for your courageous leadership
At the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Lilian Atanga of @CDN & peace read the names Cameroon wants the world to forget.
Tsi Conrad — journalist. 10 years for filming the truth.
"Journalism is not a crime."
#FreeTsiConrad #InternationalDayOfPoliticalPrisoners