Cameroon: Massacre Trial Short On Justice

Nairobi — UN Should Support Victims’ Appeal, Reparations

The lenient prison terms for defendants on trial for the February 2020 massacre in Ngarbuh, in Cameroon‘s North-West region, compounds the authorities’ insufficient efforts to hold senior military officers accountable and compensate victims’ families, Human Rights Watch said today.

On February 20, 2026, a military court in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, sentenced three security force members and a pro-government militia member who was tried…